16:23-26 What day does Jesus refer to here?
16:23-26 What day does Jesus refer to here?
"In that day" is an all-inclusive term. It includes Christ's resurrection, ascension, and the coming of the Holy Spirit (CP V20-22). Here Jesus foretells how the disciples would sorrow for a time after His death and their separation from Him but their sorrow would turn to joy after the Holy Spirit had come upon them and empowered them for service (CP Lu 24:49; Jn 15:26-27; 16:5-16, 23-24 with Ac 1:1-8; 2:1-4).
In that day the disciples would no longer ask Jesus for anything, but everything they asked the Father in His name He would do it. This is the believers' power of attorney - the legal right to use Jesus' name.
Up to this time the disciples had never asked anything in Jesus' name for He was with them and they asked Him personally, but now that He was leaving them they merely had to ask the Father in His name and it would be done for them. V24 teaches that God will answer our prayers in order for our joy to be full (CP Mt 7:7-11; Mk 11:22-24; Lu 11:1-10; Jn 15:7; 2Cor 1:19-20; Php 4:6-7; 1Jn 3:19-22; 5:14-15).
See also comments on Mt 21:17-22: Lu 11:5-10; Jn 14:12-14, 15:7: 2Cor 1:19-20; Php 4:6-7; 1Jn 5:14-15 and author's studies Prayer, Faith, and Confessing God's Word in his book Foundational Truths of the Christian Faith, Making the Impossible Possible and A Daily Confession for Christians in his book Advanced Studies in the Christian Faith (Volume 2).
16:25 See comments on Jn 16:16-22.