John 7:39

He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were soon to receive. The Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
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Treated in 17 passages across the library.

  1. A Plain Account of Christian Perfection · John Wesley

    Sections 22-24 cites John 7:39

    …If not, in what sense was the Spirit not given before Christ was glorified? (John 7:39.) “(2.) Was that ‘glory which followed the sufferings of Christ,’ (1 Peter 1:11,) an…

  2. Divine Healing · Andrew Murray

    According to the Measure of Faith cites John 7:39

    …entrance as He now has into the heart of man, because “the Holy Ghost was not yet given” (John 7:39). The healing of the sick was then hardly more than a blessing for the body. It was only…

  3. Communion with God · John Owen

    The foundation of our communion with the Holy Ghost cites John vii. 39

    …Spirit. Hence, believing is put as the qualification of all our receiving the Holy Ghost. John vii. 39, “This he spake of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive.” It is…

  4. Feasting at the table · Gareth Evans

    Sealed and Seated cites John 7:39

    …all flesh; and your sons and daughters will prophesy…”), and was added to by Jesus in John 7:39. Peter understands this promise for he quotes from Joel in his great sermon on the Day of…

  5. Holy in Christ · Andrew Murray

    The Holy Spirit cites John vii. 39

    …were to receive: for the Holy Spirit was not yet: because Jesus was not yet glorified.’—John vii. 39. ‘The Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, He shall…

  6. With Christ in the School of Prayer · Andrew Murray

    The Holy Spirit and Prayer cites John vii. 39

    …through the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of the glorified Jesus, was not (John vii. 39), could not be, until He had been glorified. This gift of the Father was something…

  7. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Christian Perfection cites John 7:39

    …receive. For the holy Ghost was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified. [John 7:39] Now, the Apostle cannot mean here, (as some have taught,) that the miracle-working power…

  8. George Müller of Bristol · Arthur T. Pierson

    Appendix N: The Wise Sayings of George Müller cites John vii. 39

    …Now concerning this circumstance we have to remember that the Spirit was not yet given (John vii. 39; xiv. 16, 17; xvi. 7, 13), by whose teaching especially it is that we may know the mind…

  9. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Christ's Priestly Office cites John 7:39

    …intercession. ‘The Holy Ghost was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.’ John 7:39. Christ being glorified, and in heaven, he prays the Father, and the Father sends the…

  10. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 4, Chapter 17 — Of the Lord’s Supper, and the Benefits Conferred by It cites John 7:39

    …John says, “The Holy Ghost was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified” (John 7:39), I should like to know what is the force of the substantive verb? If the rule of our…

  11. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Alive or Dead? cites John vii. 39

    …fountain of living waters, the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall receive the Holy Ghost. (John vii. 39.) Begin at once to pray for the Holy Spirit. Think not that you are shut up and cut off…

  12. The Holy Spirit, or Power from on High · A. B. Simpson

    The Living Water cites John vii. 38-39

    …Water is always a type of the Holy Ghost. Jesus, Himself, has explained the symbol in John vii. 38-39, where, after speaking of the living water which was to flow from the believer, it is…

  13. Baptism with the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    Necessity and Possibility of the Baptism with the Holy Spirit cites John 7:38-39

    …in verse 38 is take) what God has provided for us in our exalted Saviour. (Acts 2:33; John 7:38-39.) A minister of the Gospel once came to me after a lecture on the Baptism with the Holy…

  14. The Holy Spirit, or Power from on High · A. B. Simpson

    The Holy Ghost in the Gospel of John cites John 7:37-39

    …receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified." John 7:37-39. In the first seven chapters of the Gospel of John, we have a very striking progressive…

  15. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit as Revealed in His Names cites John 7:37-39

    …Father. In Matthew 3:11, we read that it is Jesus who baptizes with the Holy Spirit. In John 7:37-39, Jesus bids all that are thirsty to come unto Him and drink, and the context makes it…

  16. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    The Indwelling Spirit Fully and Forever Satisfying cites John 7:37-39

    …water welling up to eternal life. ” The water that Jesus Christ gives is the Holy Spirit. John 7:37-39 says, “On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, 'If…

  17. Our Daily Walk · F. B. Meyer

    March cites Joh 7:37-39

    …our Lord promised, in ever-deepening, widening rivers of blessing to mankind (Joh 4:14; Joh 7:37-39). The ankles may mean the steps of daily life; the knees our prayers and intercessions…

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