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Joh 16:26. Ὀνόματι, in My name) knowledge of God [which they were to have in that coming day] produces prayer.-οὐ λέγω, I do not say [I say not]) comp. οὐ λέγω, 1Jn 5:16, where, I do not say, is similarly used for, I say that He is not to, etc.; a courteous (i.e. expressive of affection) and Attic mode of expression. Jesus declares that the love of the Father needs not then, as if for the first time, be conciliated for them by His request, so as that they should be heard. It is rather owing to the very fact that they belonged to the Father, that now He makes request for them: ch. Joh 17:9, “I pray for them, whom Thou hast given Me, for they are Thine.”[367]
[367] In this verse we have αἰτήσεσθε used of the disciples’ prayer, ἐρωτήσω, of Jesus’ request. Ἐρωτάω, rogo, interrogo (see note, ver. 23) implies a certain equality in the asker, as of king with king (Luk 14:32), or at least familiarity. Jesus never in the New Testament uses αἰτεῖν of Himself, which would mean the petition of a creature, but ἐρωτῶ, which implies the request of an equal-of the Son to the Father. Ἐρωτῶ is therefore never used in the New Testament of the prayer of man to God. See Trench Syn. N. T.-E. and T.