SEV Biblia, Chapter 16:26
En aquel día pediris en mi nombre; y no os digo, que yo rogar al Padre por vosotros;
Clarke's Bible Commentary - John 16:26
Verse 26. I say not unto you that I will pray the Father for you] I need not tell you that I will continue your intercessor: I have given you already so many proofs of my love that ye cannot possibly doubt this: besides, the Father himself needs no entreaty to do you good, for he loves you, and is graciously disposed to save you to the uttermost, because ye have loved me and believed in me as coming from God, for the salvation of the world.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 26. At that day ye shall ask in my name , etc.] For when the Spirit was poured upon them, they not only received his extraordinary gifts, and had a larger measure of his grace bestowed upon them; but were also blessed with him, as a spirit of grace and supplication, in a more remarkable manner than ever they had been before: they then better understood the throne of grace, and the advantages of it; had greater enlargements and assistances at it; and were better acquainted with the mediation of Christ, and the necessity of making use of his name, blood, and righteousness, in all their petitions and requests. And I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you . This Christ had promised before, ( John 14:16); nor was there any occasion to repeat it now, of which they might be strongly assured: besides, at that day the Spirit would be given to them by virtue of his intercession; so that there would be no need of praying to the Father for them on that account. This is said, not as if the intercession of Christ for his people would then cease; for he is always their advocate with the Father, and ever lives to make intercession for them; though it may not be carried on in the same manner, by prayer, as when he was here on earth, his personal appearance, and the presentation of his blood, sacrifice, and righteousness, being sufficient; but to declare the disposition and readiness of his Father to hear them, and grant unto them whatsoever they should ask of him in his name.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 23-27 - Asking of the Father shows a sense of spiritual wants, and a desire of spiritual blessings, with conviction that they are to be had from God only. Asking in Christ's name, is acknowledging our unworthiness to receive any favours from God, and shows full dependence upon Christ a the Lord our Righteousness. Our Lord had hitherto spoken in short an weighty sentences, or in parables, the import of which the disciple did not fully understand, but after his resurrection he intende plainly to teach them such things as related to the Father and the way to him, through his intercession. And the frequency with which our Lor enforces offering up petitions in his name, shows that the great end of the mediation of Christ is to impress us with a deep sense of ou sinfulness, and of the merit and power of his death, whereby we have access to God. And let us ever remember, that to address the Father in the name of Christ, or to address the Son as God dwelling in huma nature, and reconciling the world to himself, are the same, as the Father and Son are one.
Greek Textus Receptus
εν 1722 PREP εκεινη 1565 D-DSF τη 3588 T-DSF ημερα 2250 N-DSF εν 1722 PREP τω 3588 T-DSN ονοματι 3686 N-DSN μου 3450 P-1GS αιτησεσθε 154 5698 V-FMI-2P και 2532 CONJ ου 3756 PRT-N λεγω 3004 5719 V-PAI-1S υμιν 5213 P-2DP οτι 3754 CONJ εγω 1473 P-1NS ερωτησω 2065 5692 V-FAI-1S τον 3588 T-ASM πατερα 3962 N-ASM περι 4012 PREP υμων 5216 P-2GP
Vincent's NT Word Studies
26. Ye shall ask - I will pray. Note again the use of the two verbs for asking. Ye shall ask (aithsesqe); I will pray (erwthsw). See on ver. 23.
