Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Henceforth I call you not servants--that is, in the sense explained in the next words; for servants He still calls them (John 15:20), and they delight to call themselves so, in the sense of being "under law to Christ" (1 Corinthians 9:20).
the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth--knows nothing of his master's plans and reasons, but simply receives and executes his orders.
but . . . friends, for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you--admitted you to free, unrestrained fellowship, keeping back nothing from you which I have received to communicate. (Compare Genesis 18:17; Psalms 25:14; Isaiah 50:4).
That ye love one another, etc.--(See on John 13:34-35).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Job 15:8
Job 16:21
Job 29:4
Song of Solomon 1:2
Song of Solomon 5:1
Isaiah 8:16
Jeremiah 23:18
Joel 2:28
Amos 3:7
John 11:11-16
John 18:3
1 Corinthians 2:10
James 1:25
James 2:23
Revelation 1:1
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