John 14:19 Study Bible: Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.

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In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.

After a little while
This phrase indicates a short period of time, suggesting an imminent event. In the context of John 14, Jesus is preparing His disciples for His impending crucifixion and resurrection. The Greek word used here is "mikron," which conveys a sense of brevity. Historically, this reflects the urgency and immediacy of the events that were about to unfold, emphasizing the transient nature of Jesus' physical absence from His disciples.

the world will see Me no more
Here, "the world" refers to those who do not believe in Jesus or understand His mission. The Greek term "kosmos" is often used to denote the secular world in contrast to the spiritual realm. This phrase foreshadows Jesus' death and the fact that His physical presence will no longer be visible to the unbelieving world. It underscores the separation between those who are spiritually attuned to Jesus and those who are not.

but you will see Me
This promise is directed towards the disciples, indicating a special revelation or understanding that they will receive. The Greek word "horao" implies not just physical sight but also spiritual perception. This suggests that the disciples will experience Jesus' presence in a new and profound way after His resurrection, highlighting the intimate relationship between Jesus and His followers.

Because I live
The phrase "I live" is a declaration of Jesus' victory over death. The Greek verb "zao" signifies not just existence but a vibrant, eternal life. This statement is foundational to Christian belief, affirming the resurrection as the cornerstone of faith. It assures believers of Jesus' ongoing presence and power, providing hope and assurance of eternal life.

you also will live
This promise extends the gift of eternal life to the disciples and, by extension, to all believers. The use of "zao" here mirrors its earlier use, emphasizing the shared life between Jesus and His followers. It assures believers of their participation in the resurrection life, offering hope and encouragement in the face of trials and persecution. This phrase encapsulates the essence of the Christian hope: life in Christ, both now and forever.

Persons / Places / Events

1. Jesus Christ
The speaker of this verse, Jesus is preparing His disciples for His impending death, resurrection, and ascension. He assures them of His continued presence and the life they will have through Him.

2. The Disciples
The immediate audience of Jesus' words. They are being comforted and instructed about the future after Jesus' physical departure from the world.

3. The World
Refers to those who do not believe in Jesus and will not see Him after His crucifixion and resurrection.

4. Resurrection
The event that Jesus is alluding to, where He will rise from the dead, affirming His victory over death and His divine nature.

5. Eternal Life
The promise of life that Jesus extends to His followers, rooted in His own resurrection and eternal existence.

Teaching Points

Assurance of Christ's Presence
Jesus promises His continued presence with His disciples, even when the world cannot see Him. This assurance is vital for believers today, reminding us that Christ is with us through the Holy Spirit.

The Promise of Life
The phrase "Because I live, you also will live" is a profound promise of eternal life. Believers can have confidence in their salvation and future resurrection because of Jesus' victory over death.

Living by Faith
This verse calls believers to live by faith, trusting in the unseen reality of Christ's presence and the life He offers. Our daily lives should reflect this faith and hope.

Hope in Resurrection
Jesus' resurrection is the cornerstone of Christian hope. It assures us that death is not the end and that we have a future with Christ.

Witness to the World
While the world may not see Jesus, believers are called to be His witnesses, living out the reality of His life in us and sharing the hope of the Gospel.

Bible Study Questions

1. How does Jesus' promise in John 14:19 provide comfort and assurance in times of uncertainty or fear?

2. In what ways can we "see" Jesus today, even though the world cannot? How does this impact our daily walk with Him?

3. How does the promise "Because I live, you also will live" influence your understanding of eternal life and your current life choices?

4. How can the hope of resurrection and eternal life shape our response to suffering and trials in this world?

5. What practical steps can you take to be a witness of Christ's life in you to those around you who do not yet believe? How can other scriptures, such as those in Romans or Galatians, guide you in this mission?

Connections to Other Scriptures

John 11:25-26
Jesus declares Himself as the resurrection and the life, promising that those who believe in Him will live even if they die, reinforcing the promise of life in John 14:19.

Romans 6:8-11
Paul explains that believers are united with Christ in His death and resurrection, emphasizing the new life they have in Him.

1 Corinthians 15:20-22
Paul speaks of Christ as the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep, indicating that because He lives, we too shall live.

Galatians 2:20
Paul describes the life he now lives in the flesh as being lived by faith in the Son of God, who loved him and gave Himself for him, echoing the life believers have through Christ.

Sermons

Hidden, Yet Revealed	J.R. Thomson	John 14:19
Life in Christ	J.R. Thomson	John 14:19
Separated, But not Orphaned	D. Young	John 14:19
Sharing Christ's Life	Charles Haddon Spurgeon	John 14:19
Christ in Heaven Helps His Disciples	J. Gurnall.	John 14:18-19
Christians not Forgotten by Christ	Christian World	John 14:18-19
Comfort for the Bereaved		John 14:18-19
Fellowship in Christ's Life	J. Brown, D. D.	John 14:18-19
Immortality as Taught by the Christ	T. T. Munger.	John 14:18-19
Life in Christ	C. H. Spurgeon.	John 14:18-19
Living Because Christ Lives	C. H. Spurgeon.	John 14:18-19
Not Left Comfortless	J. Vaughan, M. A.	John 14:18-19
Our Comforter	W. Birch.	John 14:18-19
Seeing the Living Christ	Weekly Pulpit	John 14:18-19
Soul Orphanhood	D. Thomas, D. D.	John 14:18-19
The Absent Present Christ	A. Maclaren, D. D.	John 14:18-19
The Believer's Life	John Milne.	John 14:18-19
The Christian's Life Force	L. O. Thompson.	John 14:18-19
The Continued Life of Christ the Ground of Our Hope	Ray Palmer, D. D.	John 14:18-19
The Living Church	J. Cumming, D. D.	John 14:18-19
The Lord of Life	Canon Liddon.	John 14:18-19
The Comforts of Christ	B. Thomas	John 14:18-21

People

Jesus, Judas, Philip, Thomas

Places

Jerusalem

Topics

Behold, Beholdeth, Longer, Sees, Yet

Dictionary of Bible Themes

John 14:19

9312 resurrection, significance of Christ's

John 14:10-24

5627 word

John 14:15-19

3215 Holy Spirit, and peace

John 14:15-21

5805 comfort

John 14:16-19

2505 Christ, ascension

Library

Paul a Pattern of Prayer
TEXT: "If ye shall ask anything in my name I will do it."--John 14:14. Jesus testified in no uncertain way concerning prayer, for not alone in this chapter does he speak but in all his messages to his disciples he is seeking to lead them into the place where they may know how to pray. In this fourteenth chapter of John, where he is coming into the shadow of the cross and is speaking to his disciples concerning those things which ought to have the greatest weight with them, the heart of his message …
J. Wilbur Chapman—And Judas Iscariot

May 22 Evening
The Spirit helpeth our infirmities.--ROM. 8:26. The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost.--What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God?--It is God which worketh in you. We know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which can not be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the …
Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path

August 7 Morning
The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name.--JOHN 14:26. If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.--If ye . . . being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?--Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give …
Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path

May 22 Morning
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.--JOHN 14:27. The world passeth away, and the lust thereof.--Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches. and knoweth not who shall gather them.--What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. Martha, Martha, thou are careful and troubled about many things: but one thing is needful: and Mary hath …
Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path

January 14 Morning
My Father is greater than I.--JOHN 14:28. When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven.--My Father, and your Father; . . . my God and your God. As the Father gave me commandment, even so I do.--The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.--Thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. Lord, shew us …
Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path

August 13 Morning
He hath prepared for them a city.--HEB. 11:16. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.--An inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you.--Here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.--Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming …
Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path

December 26 Evening
He is able . . . to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him.--HEB. 7:25. I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.--Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.--He which hath begun a good work …
Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path

June 23 Morning
I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, even the Spirit of truth.--JOHN 14:16,17. It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if l depart, I will send him unto you. The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God.--Ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.--The Spirit . . . helpeth our infirmities; …
Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path

September 21 Evening
The communion of the Holy Ghost be with you all.--II COR. 13:14. I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.--He shall not speak of himself. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy …
Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path

June 29. "He Dwelleth with You and Shall be in You" (John xiv. 17).
"He dwelleth with you and shall be in you" (John xiv. 17). Do not fail to mark these two stages in Christian life. The one is the Spirit's work in us, the other is the Spirit's personal coming to abide within us. All true Christians know the first, but few, it is to be feared, understand and receive the second. There is a great difference between my building a house and my going to reside in that house and make it my home. And there is a great difference between the Holy Spirit's work in regenerating …
Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth

November 9. "Because I Live Ye Shall Live Also" (John xiv. 19).
"Because I live ye shall live also" (John xiv. 19). After having become adjusted to our Living Head and the source of our life, now our business is to abide, absorb and grow, leaning on His strength, drinking in His life, feeding on Him as the Living Bread, and drawing all of our resources from Him in continual dependence and communion. The Holy Spirit will be the great Teacher and Minister in this blessed process. He will take of the things of Christ and show them unto us, and He will impart them …
Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth

May 21. "We Will Come unto Him and Make Our Abode with Him" (John xiv. 23).
"We will come unto Him and make our abode with Him" (John xiv. 23). The Bible has always held out two great promises respecting Christ. First, I will come to you; and, second, I will come into you. For four thousand years the world looked forward to the fulfilment of the first. The other is the secret which Paul says has been hid from ages and generations, but is now made manifest to His saints, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. This is just as great a revelation of God as the incarnation …
Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth

November 1. "We Will Come unto Him and Make Our Abode with Him" (John xiv. 23).
"We will come unto him and make our abode with him" (John xiv. 23). This idea of trying to get a holiness of your own, and then have Christ reward you for it, is not His teaching. Oh, no; Christ is the holiness; He will bring the holiness, and come and dwell in the heart forever. When one of our millionaires purchases a lot, with an old shanty on it, he does not fix up the old shanty, but he gets a second-hand man, if he will have it, to tear it down, and he puts a mansion in its place. It is not …
Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth

May 3. "My Peace I Give unto You" (John xiv. 27).
"My peace I give unto you" (John xiv. 27). Here lies the secret of abiding peace--God's peace. We give ourselves to God and the Holy Spirit takes possession of our breast. It is indeed "Peace, Peace." But it is just then that the devil begins to turn us away, and he does it through our thoughts, diverting or distracting them as occasion requires. This is the time to prove the sincerity of our consecration and the singleness of our heart. If we truly desire His Presence more than all else, we will …
Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth

Faith in God and Christ
'Let not your heart be troubled ... believe in God, believe also in Me.'--JOHN xiv. 1. The twelve were sitting in the upper chamber, stupefied with the dreary, half-understood prospect of Christ's departure. He, forgetting His own burden, turns to comfort and encourage them. These sweet and great words most singularly blend gentleness and dignity. Who can reproduce the cadence of soothing tenderness, soft as a mother's hand, in that 'Let not your heart be troubled'? And who can fail to feel the tone …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

'Many Mansions'
'In My Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you.'--JOHN xiv. 2. Sorrow needs simple words for its consolation; and simple words are the best clothing for the largest truths. These eleven poor men were crushed and desolate at the thought of Christ's going; they fancied that if He left them they lost Him. And so, in simple, childlike words, which the weakest could grasp, and in which the most troubled could find peace, He said to them, after having encouraged their …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Christ's Peace
'Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.'--JOHN xiv. 27. 'Peace be unto you!' was, and is, the common Eastern salutation, both in meeting and in parting. It carries us back to a state of society in which every stranger might be an enemy. It is a confession of the deep unrest of the human heart. Christ was about closing His discourse, and the common word of leave-taking came naturally to His …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Love and Obedience
'If ye love Me, keep My commandments.'--JOHN xiv, 15. As we have seen in former sermons, the keyword of the preceding context is 'Believe!' and that word passes now into 'Love.' The order here is the order of experience. There is first the believing gaze upon the Christ as He is revealed--the image of the invisible God. That kindles love, and prompts to obedience. There is another very beautiful and subtle link of connection between these words and the preceding. Our Lord has just been saying, 'Whatsoever …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Christ's Works and Ours
'Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto My Father. 13. And whatsoever ye shall ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14. If ye shall ask any thing in My name, I will do it.'--JOHN xiv. 12-14. I have already pointed out in a previous sermon that the key-word of this context is 'Believe!' In three successive verses we find it, each time widening …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

The Comforter Given
And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever; Even the Spirit of Truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.'--JOHN xiv. 16,17. The 'and' at the beginning of these words shows us that they are continuous with and the consequence of what precedes. 'If ye love Me, ye will keep My commandments, and I will pray ... and He will …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

The Absent Present Christ
'I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth Me no more; but ye see Me: because I live, ye shall live also.'--JOHN xiv. 18,19. The sweet and gracious comfortings with which Christ had been soothing the disciples' fears went very deep, but hitherto they had not gone deep enough. It was much that they should know the purpose of His going, whither He went, and that they had an interest in His departure. It was much that they should have before them the …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

The Forerunner
'... I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.'--JOHN xiv. 2, 3. What divine simplicity and depth are in these words! They carry us up into the unseen world, and beyond time; and yet a little child can lay hold on them, and mourning hearts and dying men find peace and sweetness in them. A very familiar image underlies them. It was customary for travellers in those old days to send …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

The Gifts of the Present Christ
'At that day ye shall know that I am in My Father, and ye in Me, and I in you. He that hath My commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me; and he that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him.'--JOHN xiv. 20, 21. We have heard our Lord in the previous verse unveiling His deepest and strongest encouragements to His downcast followers. These were: His presence with them, their true sight of Him, and their participation in His life. The …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Who Bring Christ
'Judas saith unto Him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that Thou wilt manifest Thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love Me he will keep My words: and My Father will love him, and We will come unto him, and make Our abode with him. He that loveth Me not, keepeth not My sayings: and the word which ye hear is not Mine, but the Father's which sent Me.'--JOHN xiv. 22-24. This Judas held but a low place amongst the Apostles. In all the lists he is one of the …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

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