What Does John 14:26 Mean?
But the One who comes alongside, the Set-Apart Breath, which the Father will send in my nature, that one will teach you all things and will remind you of all that I said to you.
Key words are shown with the Hebrew or Greek and what each word meant.
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King James wording
King James Version
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.THE KEY
The Father sends the Set-Apart Breath in Jesus’ nature, making Jesus’ words present through teaching and remembrance.
THE MEANING
The Father sends the Comforter, the Set-Apart Breath, in the nature of Jesus. This presence teaches you and brings Jesus’ words into your remembrance, making what he has said present to you now.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The lie that Jesus’ words can become irretrievably absent from your mind is undone: the verse describes them being brought back into remembrance.
THE ROOT
ὄνομα
onoma
GROWS FROM
ὀνομ-
onom-
Name; to name or identify.
“in my nature” in this verse is onoma. ὄνομα (onoma, name) carries more than a spoken label: “in my name” speaks of the nature and character of Jesus. The breath is sent in that nature, teaching and recalling what Jesus has said.
ALSO GROWS
onomazō: To name or call.
ὀνομάζω
This verb carries the same name-root into the act of naming, showing that a name identifies what is being spoken of.
onomastos: Named or renowned.
ὀνομαστός
This related word shows the root extending from a name to the character for which someone is known.
πνεῦμα
pneuma
GROWS FROM
πνέω
pneō
To breathe or blow.
πνεῦμα (pneuma, breath) holds breath and wind in one word. Here it is set-apart breath: a living presence through which Jesus’ words are taught and brought back to mind.
ALSO GROWS
pnoē: Breath or blowing.
πνοή
This related noun names breath directly, keeping the concrete breath-image close to the verse.
pneumatikos: Pertaining to breath; spiritual.
πνευματικός
This related form carries the same breath-root into what belongs to or is shaped by breath.
ὑπομνήσει
hypomnēsei
GROWS FROM
μιμνῄσκω
mimnēskō
To remember, remind, or call to mind.
“remind you” in this verse is hypomnēsei. The verb behind “bring to your remembrance” means to remind or call to mind. The teaching here includes the return of Jesus’ own words to present awareness.
ALSO GROWS
mnēmē: Memory.
μνήμη
This noun names the faculty of remembering that the verse says is stirred into activity.
anamnēsis: Remembrance or recollection.
ἀνάμνησις
This related word presents remembering as bringing something back to mind, echoing the verse’s promise.
THE PATTERN
Set-apart breath makes received words available as guidance, speech, and remembrance.
Train me to do what delights you, for you are my God; your good breath leads me on level ground.For the Set-Apart Breath will teach you in that very hour what you must say.But when he comes, the breath of truth, he will lead you along the way into all truth. For he will not speak from himself, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will bring word back to you of the coming things.THE THREAD
For it is not you who speak, but the breath of your Father speaking in you.The same Greek word, πνεῦμα (pneuma, breath), appears here as the Father’s breath speaking within you. This opens John 14:26’s teaching and remembrance as an inward movement: Jesus’ words become present in the breath that speaks.
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