John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; If you thoroughly exhaust a vessel of the air it contains, the pressure of the air outside will break that vessel into perhaps millions of pieces, because there is not a sufficiency of air within to resist and counteract the weight of the atmosphere from without. A person who is exercised by severe affliction, and who does not experience the Divine comforts and supports in his soul, resembles the exhausted receiver above described; and it is no wonder if he yields, and is broken to shivers, under the weight of God's providential hand. But affliction to one who is sustained by the inward presence of the Holy Ghost resembles the aerial pressure on the outer surface of an unexhausted vessel. There is that within which supports it and preserves it from being destroyed by the incumbent pressure from without. (T. H. Leary, D. C. L.) Parallel Verses KJV: And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;WEB: I will pray to the Father, and he will give you another Counselor, that he may be with you forever,— |
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