John 14:27 (BSB)
Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.
From John 14. Also in the ESV.
Commentary on John 14:27
- John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on John 14:27: 27. Peace I leave with you. By the word peace he means prosperity, which men are wont to wish for each other when they meet or part; for such is the import of the word peace in the Hebrew language.
- Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on John 14:25-27: Two things Christ here comforts his disciples with: - I. That they should be under the tuition of his Spirit, Joh 14:25, Joh 14:26, where we may observe, 1. The reflection Christ would have them make upon the instructions he had given them: These things have I spoken unto you (referring to all the good lessons he had taught them, since they entered themselves into...
- John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on John 14:27: Peace I leave with you,.... Christ being about to die and leave his disciples, makes his last will and testament, and as the best legacy he could leave them, bequeaths peace unto them; my peace I give unto you: he left the Gospel of peace with them, to be preached by them to all the world; which is a declaration and publication of peace made...
- Albert Barnes (Presbyterian), Barnes' New Testament Notes on John 14:27: Verse 27. Peace I leave with you. This was a common form of benediction among the Jews. . It is the invocation of the blessings of peace and happiness. In this place it was, however, much more than a mere form or an empty wish. It came from Him who had power to make peace and to confer it on all, .