Used to argue that Jesus still had more to disclose later through the Spirit, so not all divine teaching had yet been revealed to the disciples at that moment.
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12 "I have yet many things to tell you, but you can't bear them now. 13 However when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming.
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This passage was mentioned as part of the Spirit-of-truth material in John 16 that Muslims sometimes use for the Muhammad reading of the Paraclete texts.
Used to argue the Holy Spirit is personal and distinct from the Father because he hears and speaks rather than acting as a mere impersonal force.
This passage was raised as a classic Muslim proof-text for Muhammad as the coming 'Spirit of truth'; the questioner used it to ask why it would not refer to Muhammad.
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