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NASB (UPDATED) TEXT: Joh_15:26-27
26"When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me, 27and you will bear witness also, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
Joh_15:26 "When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you" Both the Father and the Son send the Spirit (cf. Joh_14:16; Joh_14:26; Joh_15:26; Joh_16:7). The work of redemption involves all three persons of the Trinity.
▣ "the Spirit of truth" This is used in the sense of the Holy Spirit as the revealer of the Father (cf. Joh_14:17; Joh_14:26; Joh_15:26; Joh_16:13). See Special Topic on Truth at Joh_6:55; Joh_17:3.
▣ "He will testify about Me" The Spirit's task is to witness to Jesus and His teachings (cf. Joh_14:26; Joh_16:13-15; 1Jn_5:7).
Joh_15:27 "you will bear witness also" The "you. . .also" is emphatic. This is a present active indicative. This must refer to the inspiration of the authors of the NT (i.e., Apostles and their friends) who were with Jesus during His earthly life (cf. Luk_24:48). See Special Topics: Witnesses to Jesus at Joh_1:8 and The Personhood of the Spirit at Joh_14:26.
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