“I have yet many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. (4) The doctrine of the apostles proceeded from the Holy Spirit, and is most perfect.
when he, the Spirit of truth, is come . . . he shall not speak of himself--that is, from Himself, but, like Christ Himself, "what He hears," what is given Him to communicate. he will show you things to come--referring specially to those revelations which, in the Epistles partially, but most fully in the Apocalypse, open up a vista into the Future of the Kingdom...
Christ's departure was absolutely necessary; without it the Advocate would not come. Though the disciples found this doctrine strange and sorrowful, He assured them it was expedient for them, showing His gracious concern to give us what truly benefits us, not what our folly desires.
AI summary
Commenting on John 16:7-15