19 Jul '14 18:14>
Now we are going to discuss, the meaning of John 7:39. The KJV supplies the word given so that the passage reads -
The Recovery Version leaves out the editor supplied word given to read this way:
" ... for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified." .
QUESTION THEN - If the Bible says that the Spirit is the eternal Spirit (Hebrews 9:11) how can the Gospel of John say that the Spirit was not yet ?
QUESTION - If in the first chapter of Genesis the Bible says "the Spirit of God was brooding upon the surface of the waters" (Gen. 1:2) how can the Gospel of John say that the Spirit was not yet?
Here's John's whole passage:
So when was the Spirit "yet"? When was the Spirit ?
John 7:39King James Version (KJV)
39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
The Recovery Version leaves out the editor supplied word given to read this way:
" ... for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified." .
QUESTION THEN - If the Bible says that the Spirit is the eternal Spirit (Hebrews 9:11) how can the Gospel of John say that the Spirit was not yet ?
QUESTION - If in the first chapter of Genesis the Bible says "the Spirit of God was brooding upon the surface of the waters" (Gen. 1:2) how can the Gospel of John say that the Spirit was not yet?
Here's John's whole passage:
"Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.
He who believes into Me, as the Scripture said, out of his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water.
But this He said concerning the Spirit, whom those who believed into Him were about to receive; for the Spirit was not yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified." (John 7:37-39)
So when was the Spirit "yet"? When was the Spirit ?