SEV Biblia, Chapter 16:33
Estas cosas os he hablado, para que en mí tengis paz. En el mundo tendris apretura; mas confiad, yo he vencido al mundo.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - John 16:33
Verse 33. That in me ye might have peace.] I give you this warning as another proof that I know all things, and to the end that ye may look to me alone for peace and happiness. The peace of God is ever to be understood as including all possible blessedness-light, strength, comfort, support, a sense of the Divine favour, unction of the Holy Spirit, purification of heart, &c., &c., and all these to be enjoyed in Christ. In the world ye shall have tribulation] Or, as most of the very best MSS. read, ecete, ye have-the tribulation is at hand; ye are just about to be plunged into it.
But be of good cheer] Do not despond on account of what I have said: the world shall not be able to overcome you, how severely soever it may try you.
I have overcome the world.] I am just now going by my death to put it and its god to the rout.
My apparent weakness shall be my victory; my ignominy shall be my glory; and the victory which the world, the devil, and my adversaries in general, shall appear to gain over me, shall be their own lasting defeat, and my eternal triumph.- Fear not! Luther writing to Philip Melancthon, quotes this verse, and adds these remarkable words: "Such a saying as this is worthy to be carried from Rome to Jerusalem upon one's knees." ONE of the grand subjects in this chapter, the mediation of Christ, is but little understood by most Christians. Christ having made an atonement for the sin of the world, has ascended to the right hand of the Father, and there he appears in the presence of God for us. In approaching the throne of grace, we keep Jesus as our sacrificial victim, continually in view: our prayers should be directed through him to the Father; and, under the conviction that his passion and death have purchased every possible blessing for us, we should, with humble confidence, ask the blessings we need; and, as in him the Father is ever well pleased, we should most confidently expect the blessings he has purchased. We may consider, also, that his appearance before the throne, in his sacrificial character, constitutes the great principle of mediation or intercession. He has taken our nature into heaven; in that he appears before the throne: this, without a voice, speaks loudly for the sinful race of Adam, for whom it was assumed, and on whose account it was sacrificed. On these grounds every penitent and every believing soul may ask and receive, and their joy be complete. By the sacrifice of Christ we approach God; through the mediation of Christ God comes down to man.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 33. These things I have spoken unto you , etc.] As this is the conclusion of our Lords sermons to his disciples, these words may well enough be thought to have regard to all that he had said in general; as concerning his departure from them; his going to prepare a place for them; his union to them, and their communion with him; and the various persecutions and afflictions they should endure for his sake; and the many blessings both of grace and glory they should enjoy; and particularly what he had said in the context, concerning their forsaking him, which supposed tribulation, and would be a prelude of what they were afterwards to have in the world; and concerning the presence of his Father with him, and which they might also expect to have: that in me ye might have peace ; not in the world, in which they were to have tribulation: there is no true, solid peace, to be enjoyed in the world, and the things of it; the world can neither give it, nor take it away; nor have the men of it any knowledge and understanding of it; and much less enjoy it: nor in themselves; spiritual peace does not arise from any duties, services, and performances of men; no, not from an attendance on the Gospel, and the ordinances of it; nor even from the graces of the Spirit; for though peace may be enjoyed herein, and hereby, and through these, as means; yet does not come from them, but from Christ, in whose strength alone all duties are performed aright; who is the sum and substance of the Gospel, and the ordinances of it, and the object of all grace: it is in him, and in him only, in his person, blood, righteousness, and sacrifice, which speak peace, pardon, and atonement, that a soul finds any true, solid peace, rest, comfort, and joy; and here he may, and does find it, in opposition to the cry of sin, law, and justice, for wrath, ruin, hell, and damnation. There is a peace by Christ, which he has made for his people by the blood of his cross; and there is a peace in him, which is enjoyed through faiths looking to his blood for pardon, to his righteousness for justification, to his sacrifice for atonement and satisfaction; and by having communion with him, and discoveries of his love, and by seeing safety and security in him. In the world ye shall have tribulation ; this is certain from this declaration of Christ, who is the omniscient God, and truth itself; from the instance and example of Christ, who was all his life a man of sorrows; from the conformity of the members to the head; from the divine appointment that has so determined it; from the natural enmity of the world to the saints; from the experience of the people of God in all ages; from the usefulness of tribulation to try the graces, and bring about the temporal, spiritual, and eternal good of believers: and though they have tribulation in the world, yet not by way of punishment for sin, but as fatherly corrections and chastenings for their good, that they may not be condemned with the world; and it is only in this present world they have it; as soon as they have done with the world, they will have done with tribulation: but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world ; it is very observable how the phrase, in the world ye shall have tribulation, stands, and is encompassed, before, with these words, that in me ye might have peace, and behind, with these, be of good cheer, etc. Believers, of all men, notwithstanding their tribulations, have reason to be of good cheer, since their sins are forgiven, the love of God is shed abroad in their hearts, their redemption draws nigh, and they have hopes of glory; and particularly, because as Christ here says, for their encouragement under all their tribulations in the world, I have overcome the world: Satan, the god and prince of the world, with all his principalities and powers, which Christ has led captive, ransomed his people from, and delivers them from the power of; and all that is in the world, the lusts and sins of it, their damning power by the sacrifice of himself, and their governing power by his Spirit and grace; and the men of the world with all their rage and fury, whom he has trodden down in his anger, restrains by his power, and causes the remainder of their wrath to praise him; in all which conquests he makes his people share, and even makes them more than conquerors, through himself: so that they have nothing to fear from the world; nor any reason to be cast down by the tribulation they meet with in it.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 28-33 - Here is a plain declaration of Christ's coming from the Father, and his return to him. The Redeemer, in his entrance, was God manifest in the flesh, and in his departure was received up into glory. By this sayin the disciples improved in knowledge. Also in faith; "Now are we sure. Alas! they knew not their own weakness. The Divine nature did no desert the human nature, but supported it, and put comfort and valu into Christ's sufferings. And while we have God's favourable presence we are happy, and ought to be easy, though all the world forsake us Peace in Christ is the only true peace, in him alone believers have it Through him we have peace with God, and so in him we have peace in ou own minds. We ought to be encouraged, because Christ has overcome the world before us. But while we think we stand, let us take heed lest we fall. We know not how we should act if brought into temptation; let u watch and pray without ceasing, that we may not be left to ourselves __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
ταυτα 5023 D-APN λελαληκα 2980 5758 V-RAI-1S υμιν 5213 P-2DP ινα 2443 CONJ εν 1722 PREP εμοι 1698 P-1DS ειρηνην 1515 N-ASF εχητε 2192 5725 V-PAS-2P εν 1722 PREP τω 3588 T-DSM κοσμω 2889 N-DSM θλιψιν 2347 N-ASF {VAR1: εχετε 2192 5719 V-PAI-2P } {VAR2: εξετε 2192 5692 V-FAI-2P } αλλα 235 CONJ θαρσειτε 2293 5720 V-PAM-2P εγω 1473 P-1NS νενικηκα 3528 5758 V-RAI-1S τον 3588 T-ASM κοσμον 2889 N-ASM
Vincent's NT Word Studies
33. Ye shall have (exete). The best texts read, exete, ye have.Be of good cheer (qarseite). Only here in John.
I have overcome (nenikhka). The verb occurs only three times outside of John's writings. Only here in the Gospel, and frequently in First Epistle and Revelation. Uniformly of spiritual victory.
