The Meaning of Paraclete (Holy Spirit) in the Bible In the Gospel of John, Jesus refers to the Holy Spirit as the Advocate (or Paraclete) that the Father will send after he is gone. The word in the original Greek text is parakletos: para = "beside" kalein = "to call" The New Testament translation of parakletos into English is often "advocate," as in a lawyer who comes in defense of us. This is because John 14:15-31 focuses so much on Jesus' new commandment to love as he loved. Other ways of tran

What does it mean to “keep the commandments” of Christ in John’s Gospel? What is the meaning and best translation of Paraclete? When Jesus says that he will “come to us,” does that mean in the Spirit, physically, some other way? In this week’s video in Reading the Gospels through Hebrew Eyes, Chad Bird walks us through John 14:15-21. | 1517

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