John 14:19

New Testament Gospel ASV (1901)

What does John 14:19 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also.
John 14:19 — American Standard Version

Context — John 14

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
19Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more, etc.] The men of the world now see me with their bodily eyes, which is all the sight they have of me; and this they will be deprived of in a very little time; they will see me no more until the time that I shall come in the clouds of heaven to judge the world; and then every eye shall see me: but ye see me; ye see me now, and shall see me after my resurrection, as they did; for then he appeared alive and conversed with them for forty days; and when he ascended into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God, they saw him by faith crowned with glory and honour; and will see him as he is when he comes a second time to take them to himself…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“world seeth--beholdeth. me no more, but ye see--behold. me--His bodily presence, being all the sight of Him which "the world" ever had, or was capable of, it "beheld Him no more" after His departure to the Father; but by the coming of the Spirit, the presence of Christ was not only continued to His spiritually enlightened disciples, but rendered far more efficacious and blissful than His bodily presence had been before the Spirit's coming. because I live--not "shall live," only when raised from the dead; for it is His unextinguishable, divine life of which He speaks, in view of which His death and resurrection were but as shadows passing over the sun's glorious disk. (Compare Luk 24:5; Rev…”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“A little while - This was the day before his death. Seeth me no more - No more until the day of judgment. The men of the world would not see him visibly, and they had not the eye of faith to discern him. But ye see me - Ye shall continue to see me by faith, even when the world cannot. You will continue to see me by the eye of faith as still your gracious Saviour and Friend. Because I live - Though the Saviour was about to die, yet was he also about to be raised from the dead. He was to continue to live, and though absent from them, yet he would feel the same interest in their welfare as when he was with them on earth. This expression does not refer “particularly” to his “resurrection,” but…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“But ye see me - That is, ye shall certainly see me. Because I live, ye shall live also - Because I am the living One in my Divine nature, and shall rise again in my human nature, and live for ever in heaven: therefore ye shall live the life of faith and love on earth, and hereafter the life of glory. John 14:20”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“a little: Joh 7:33, Joh 8:21, Joh 12:35, Joh 13:33, Joh 16:16, Joh 16:22 because: Joh 14:6, Joh 6:56-58, Joh 11:25; Rom 5:10, Rom 8:34; Co1 15:20, Co1 15:45; Co2 4:10-12; Col 3:3, Col 3:4; Heb 7:25; Jo1 1:1-3 John 14:20”
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