Pentecost- A devilish doubt

[joseie]

A plain going through John 16:7-15 ,where Jesus promises a Praclete,would appear to show that it is a speaking human being that is promised not a spirit.Except the disciples,and those who were already there ,it is seen that nobody additionally came nor spoke about the subject on which Jesus said the person coming will speak.

 

[mrsdizzyd]

How do you interpret this as a man? Verse 13 says he is the spirit of truth. Verse 15 shows he is spirated from the Father and the Son.

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[Gorgias]

where Jesus promises a Praclete,would appear to show that it is a speaking human being that is promised not a spirit.

I’m with @mrsdizzyd – I’m not seeing it, either. I mean, Jesus literally says that the Paraclete is a “Spirit” in v13.

 

[Hereiam]

.Except the disciples,and those who were already there ,it is seen that nobody additionally came nor spoke about the subject on which Jesus said the person coming will speak.

Until you read Luke’s gospel sequel (the Acts of the Apostles), which speaks entirely on the power of the Holy Spirit, as do all of Paul’s epistles, and the Catholic Letters.

 

[Autumn-Smoke]

Pentecost is a fulfillment of Ezekiel 36:26&27 which says, “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws”.

Before Pentecost came, it was already a Jewish holiday called Shavout. The Jewish people celebrate this day as the day that Moses received the law on Mount Sinai.
God chose this day to send his Holy Spirit in order to help us to keep his law–or to write his law in our hearts so that we would love him and want to follow and keep his law. (Jeremiah 31:33). Jesus also said this Spirit would be our comforter.

So Ezekiel, in saying that he will put His Spirit in our hearts, makes it clearer that this is indeed his spirit, and just not another person whom he would send.

 

[po18guy]

…would appear to show that it is a speaking human being that is promised…

As our parents told us, things are not always what they appear to be. Also, further evidence (if any was needed) that scripture needs both context and proper interpretation.