John 14:18

Comfortless. From the Gr. orphanos, properly, “bereft of parents.” Our English word “orphan” comes to us through the Latin from this Greek word. Orphanos is common in the LXX for the Heb. yatom, “fatherless,” or “fatherless children” (Ex. 22:22, 24; Deut. 10:18; etc.). In the NT orphanos occurs elsewhere only in James 1:27, where it is translated “fatherless.” In John 14:18 the idea is that Jesus would not leave the disciples bereft of their Master. He would come to them. The reference here is not to the second coming (vs. 1–3), but to Christ’s presence with His disciples through the Spirit.