As I've been studying for my sermon tomorrow from John, I have referenced D. A. Carson's The Gospel According to John which is part of the Pillar commentary series. It is one of the most helpful commentaries I remember reading in (right there with Spurgeon's Treasury of David and Hoehner's Ephesians). The background and study which went into it is quietly apparent, while the content is insightful in a way that shows meditation and Christian sensitivity to what the text is saying. (The fact that I am reading it as a Kindle book on my computer makes me like the whole experience even better.)
Anyways, a sample or two from the section on John 20:21-22 which will be a major portion of the sermon tomorrow.
There is sufficient comprehensiveness both here and elsewhere to make Christians aware that they never have an excuse to rest on their laurels, or to define their task too narrowly; perfect obedience to the Son, modelled on Jesus’ perfect obedience, is as daunting a challenge as the command to teach others to obey all that Jesus has commanded (Mt. 28:20).
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Just because he ascends to his Father does not mean he is no longer the ‘sent one’ par excellence (cf. 9:7). Thus Christ’s disciples do not take over Jesus’ mission; his mission continues and is effective in their ministry (14:12–14). ‘The apostles were commissioned to carry on Christ’s work, and not to begin a new one’ (Westcott, 2. 349–350; cf. Schnackenburg, 3. 324).
Carson, D. A. (1991-01-01). The Gospel According to John (Pillar New Testament Commentary) (p. 649). William B Eerdman Co. Kindle Edition.
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