Verse of the Day

　　

John 16:24

Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.

　　

Translations of Today's Verse

King James Version

Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.

English Standard Version

Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

The Message

Ask in my name, according to my will, and he'll most certainly give it to you. Your joy will be a river overflowing its banks!

New King James Version

Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

New Living Translation

You haven't done this before. Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy.

　　

Commentary on Today's Verse

Commentary on John 16:23-27

(Read John 16:23-27)

　　Asking of the Father shows a sense of spiritual wants, and a desire of spiritual blessings, with conviction that they are to be had from God only. Asking in Christ's name, is acknowledging our unworthiness to receive any favours from God, and shows full dependence upon Christ as the Lord our Righteousness. Our Lord had hitherto spoken in short and weighty sentences, or in parables, the import of which the disciples did not fully understand, but after his resurrection he intended plainly to teach them such things as related to the Father and the way to him, through his intercession. And the frequency with which our Lord enforces offering up petitions in his name, shows that the great end of the mediation of Christ is to impress us with a deep sense of our sinfulness, and of the merit and power of his death, whereby we have access to God. And let us ever remember, that to address the Father in the name of Christ, or to address the Son as God dwelling in human nature, and reconciling the world to himself, are the same, as the Father and Son are one.

　　

John 16:24 In-Context

22 So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.

　　23 In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.

　　24 Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.

　　25 "Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father.

　　26 In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.