Discovery BoxJohn 14:16 
Context14:16 Then 1 I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate 2 to be with you forever –
John 15:26
Context15:26 When the Advocate 3 comes, whom I will send you from the Father – the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father – he 4 will testify about me,
John 14:26
Context14:26 But the Advocate, 5 the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you 6 everything, 7 and will cause you to remember everything 8 I said to you.
John 16:7
Context16:7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate 9 will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Then” to reflect the implied sequence in the discourse.
2 tn Or “Helper” or “Counselor”; Grk “Paraclete,” from the Greek word παράκλητος (paraklhto"). Finding an appropriate English translation for παράκλητος is a very difficult task. No single English word has exactly the same range of meaning as the Greek word. “Comforter,” used by some of the older English versions, appears to be as old as Wycliffe. But today it suggests a quilt or a sympathetic mourner at a funeral. “Counselor” is adequate, but too broad, in contexts like “marriage counselor” or “camp counselor.” “Helper” or “Assistant” could also be used, but could suggest a subordinate rank. “Advocate,” the word chosen for this translation, has more forensic overtones than the Greek word does, although in John 16:5-11 a forensic context is certainly present. Because an “advocate” is someone who “advocates” or supports a position or viewpoint and since this is what the Paraclete will do for the preaching of the disciples, it was selected in spite of the drawbacks.
3 tn Or “Helper” or “Counselor”; Grk “Paraclete,” from the Greek word παράκλητος (paraklhto"). See the note on the word “Advocate” in John 14:16 for discussion of how this word is translated.
4 tn Grk “that one.”
5 tn Or “Helper” or “Counselor”; Grk “Paraclete,” from the Greek word παράκλητος (paraklhto"). See the note on the word “Advocate” in v. 16 for a discussion of how this word is translated.
6 tn Grk “that one will teach you.” The words “that one” have been omitted from the translation since they are redundant in English.
7 tn Grk “all things.”
8 tn Grk “all things.”
9 tn Or “Helper” or “Counselor”; Grk “Paraclete,” from the Greek word παράκλητος (paraklhto"). See the note on the word “Advocate” in John 14:16 for a discussion of how this word is translated.
