John 7:39 Commentary - Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary

1) "(But this spake he of the Spirit," (touto de eipen peri tou pneumatos) "Yet he said this concerning the Spirit," Joh 14:16; Joh 15:26.

2) "Which they that believe on him should receive:” (hou emellon lambanein hoi pisteusantes eis auton) "Whom those who believed into him were about to receive," as an indwelling one, a comforter, a paraclete, Isa 44:3; Joe 2:28; Act 2:17; Act 2:33.

3) "For the Holy Ghost was not yet given;" (oupo gar en pneuma) "For the Spirit was not (existed) not yet," in baptismal power of His "church-ye-fellowship," in the empowering direction for the church, to which He came on Pentecost, in a special way, as promised, Luk 24:46-51; Act 1:8; Act 2:1-4.

4) "Because that Jesus was not yet glorified,)" (hoti lesous oudepo edoksasthe) "Because Jesus was not yet having been glorified," Joh 13:31; Joh 17:5; Act 3:13, and the Spirit was to come to lead the church through her wilderness age, only after the Son had returned to the Father, Act 1:8.