...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...

...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...

...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...

...flow rivers of living water. (But this spahe he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive : for the Holy Ghost was not yet 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....

...but this," adds the sacred historian, " spake He of the Spirit, which they that believe on Him should receive ; for the Holy Ghost was not yet 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...

...explaining the language of our Lord at Jerusalem, on the last day of the feast of tabernacles, observes, " The Holy Ghost was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified ; " that is, the Holy Ghost was not given so fully, so freely, in so abundant a measure, in so remarkable...

...more illumination, and higher spiritual privileges, than the greatest of woman-born in the days when " the Holy Ghost was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified." John, as the connecting link of former dispensations with the last, excelled all his predecessors in...

...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 :...

...and experienced both, says, in recording the discourses of Christ, " This he spake of the Spirit — for the Holy Ghost " was not yet given, because that Jesus was not " yet glorified."1 Whatever had preceded that great event was an earnest of the dispensation of the Spirit...

...Christ's ascension: nay, his ascension is made not only antecedent, but also causal to it, John vii. 39, The Holy Ghost was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified. And yet in John xx. it is said, that Christ, a little before his ascension, conferred the Holy Ghost...