...plentiful effusion of knowledge, &c. It follows, ver. 39. " But this he spake of the spirit, which they that believe on him should receive : for the Holy Ghost was not yet fgivenj, because Jesus was not yet glorified." Miraculous gifts are the spirit. That is what Christ...

...must of necessity have worn a very mysterious (not to say, unintelligible) aspect then John vii. when the Holy Ghost was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified. We cannot, however, for a moment doubt, that evidence enough was offered for conviction, to a generation...

...out of his belly shall flow rivers of liiing water. : 39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, whieh they that believe on him should receive, for the Holy Ghost...given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) 40 Ii Yawetowslnen kadi ne ongwe, ne onen tsi rodirighwaghronken ne ken, wairon, Togenske naah, ne...

...must of necessity have worn a very mysterious (not to say, unintelligible) aspect then John vii. when the Holy Ghost was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified. We cannot, however, for a moment doubt, that evidence enough was offered for conviction, to a generation...

...that " he spake it of the spirit, which they that helieve on hini should receive; for," adds he, " the holy ghost was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified." (John vii. 39.) ie tLose miraculous powers, which were exercised by the apostles at the time when he...

...signified by the phrase pourir.g out: and this may be, partly at least, the meaning of these words," The Holy Ghost was " not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified.'t The period of the New-Testament dispensation being thus fixed as the time to which this...

...said, out of his belly sHdl flow rivers of living water. (But this spahe he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive : for the Holy...given ; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) Ephes. iv. 7, 8. But unto every one of -us is grace given according to the measure of the gift of Christ....

...some measure explains the gift promised, (vii. 39) — "But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive. For the Holy Ghost...given ; because that Jesus was not yet glorified." By this mode of expression, John cannot mean, by the Holy Ghost, a person : he evidently describes...

...rivers of living water ; " " but this," adds the sacred historian, " spake He of the Spirit, which they that believe on Him should receive ; for the Holy...given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified." But, more especially, this phrase recalls to our minds the ever-memorable address of our Lord to the...

...some measured xplains the gift promised, (vii. 39) — "But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive. For the Holy Ghost was not yet given ; because that Jesus wasuiot yet glorified." By this mode of expression, John cannot mean, by the Holy Ghost, a person :...