All things that the Father has are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it to you.
John 3:35 The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.
John 10:29,30 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand…
John 13:3 Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
That is why I said that the Spirit will take from what is Mine
Here, Jesus introduces the role of the Holy Spirit in the life of believers. The Spirit's role is to reveal and communicate the truths of Christ to His followers. This reflects the ongoing work of the Spirit in guiding, teaching, and reminding believers of Jesus' teachings, as promised in John 14:26. The Spirit's taking from what is Christ's signifies the transmission of divine truth and wisdom, ensuring that the teachings of Jesus remain active and relevant in the lives of His disciples. This also highlights the cooperative work within the Trinity, where the Spirit acts in accordance with the will and purpose of the Son.
and disclose it to you.
The disclosure by the Spirit is a promise of revelation and understanding for the disciples. This assurance is crucial for the early church as they navigate their mission after Jesus' ascension. The Spirit's role in disclosing truth is foundational for the writing of the New Testament, as the apostles were inspired to record the teachings and works of Jesus. This promise of disclosure is not limited to the apostles but extends to all believers, as the Spirit continues to illuminate the Scriptures and guide Christians in truth. This ongoing revelation is a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies, such as those found in Joel 2:28-29, where God promises to pour out His Spirit on all people.
Jesus states, “Everything that belongs to the Father is Mine.” The words are sweeping and literal.
• They reveal perfect unity of ownership between Father and Son (John 17:10: “All I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine”).
• They affirm Christ’s full deity—He possesses all that belongs to God, including authority (Matthew 28:18), life (John 5:26), glory (John 17:5), and the created order (Colossians 1:16-17).
• Because the Father has placed “all things in His hands” (John 3:35), what Jesus gives is never second-hand; it comes from the treasury of heaven itself.
The Lord links the Spirit’s ministry directly to His own possession.
• The Spirit does not introduce new, independent ideas; He draws from Christ’s inexhaustible riches (John 14:26; 15:26).
• This protects believers from error: what the Spirit teaches will always align with the words and works of Jesus (1 Corinthians 2:10-12).
• It highlights the beautifully coordinated work within the Trinity—Father, Son, and Spirit acting in concert for our good (Ephesians 1:3-14).
Disclosure is personal and ongoing.
• To the Eleven that night, it meant understanding truths they could not yet bear (John 16:12-13) and later proclaiming them in Scripture.
• For every believer, the Spirit “guides you into all truth” (John 16:13) and “opens the eyes of your heart” (Ephesians 1:17-18) so that the things of Christ become clear, compelling, and life-shaping.
• This disclosure equips us for obedience, comfort, and witness, just as it did for the apostles (Acts 1:8).
John 16:15 assures us that everything God has is already Christ’s, and everything that is Christ’s the Spirit faithfully makes known to His people. The Father’s fullness flows through the Son and is brought home to our hearts by the Spirit, so that we live in the light of divine truth with confidence and joy.
(15) All things that the Father hath are mine.--He has told them that the Spirit's work is to glorify Him, to receive of His, and announce to the world. The ground of this saying is in the fact that the Son is the Revealer of the Father, and that the fulness of the truth (John 16:13) is given unto Him. The words appear from the context not to express the spiritual relation of the Son to the Father, but the fulness of the communication to Him in His human nature of the divine truth which He should reveal to man. (Comp. Notes on John 1:18; John 8:42; John 10:36; John 17:10; Matthew 11:27; Colossians 1:19; Colossians 2:2-3.) . . . Verse 15. - In this verse our Lord makes a still more superlative claim. All things which the Father hath (ὅσα ἔχει) are mine. Perhaps no sentence recorded by St. John is more difficult to reconcile with the mere humanity of our Lord, even of the loftiest kind. The "mine" of the previous verse is declared to embrace something more than the mystery of his Person and sacrifice. "All that the Father hath," all his fullness of being, all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, all the power, all the effulgence of the glory of the Father, of the human race, and of all things, "are mine." This makes a spiritual apprehension of Christ include a perfect revelation of all the Father's character and work. Therefore said I, that he (the Spirit of truth, in being your Guide into all the truth) taketh of mine, and will declare (it) unto you. Because "mine is the Father's, and the Father's is mine;" because, i.e., he is the Center, and Agent, and Motive, and Force in all the Divine self-revelation, and because he possessed as his own this vast range, this infinite fullness of Divine operations, he promised them this spiritual teaching, and assured them that his highest glory was simply to be made known as he is. Calvin, "We see how the greater part of men deceive themselves; for they pass by Christ, and go out of the way to seek God by circuitous paths." In these verses we have a very abundant exhibition of the unity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, coupled with a very remarkable setting forth of the tri-personality. The Father "hath" (ἔχει) that which is in very. essence the Son's (ἐμα); and the Spirit, whose purpose is to glorify the Son by making him known to men (λαμβάνει), takes of "mine" and will declare it (see Stier, Schaff, note to Lange). Luthardt once thought with Stier, but now limits the reference, without giving any reason for it, to what he calls "the deposit of Divine truth in the humanity of Jesus." The sum of this astonishing assurance is that the Holy Spirit of truth, an essential element if not Personality in the Godhead, will lead these apostles into the fullness of truth, and of knowledge of the future, by taking up the essential realities of the Christ in the fullness of his being and work, and disclosing them by spiritual insight and supernatural quickening. These realities of the Christ will prove to be the fullness of the Father's heart - all that the Father hath. Again we ask - Does St. John even here travel beyond his prologue?