# the Comforter

This refers to the Holy Spirit. See how you translated this in [John 14:16](../14/15.md).

# will send ... from the Father ... the Spirit of truth ... he will testify about me

God the Father sent God the Spirit to show the world that Jesus is God the Son.

# Father

This is an important title for God. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/guidelines-sonofgodprinciples]])

# the Spirit of truth

This is a title for the Holy Spirit. AT: "the Spirit who tells the truth about God and me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# You are also testifying

Here "testifying" means to tell others about Jesus. AT: "You also must tell everyone what you know about me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# the beginning

Here the "beginning" is a metonym that means the first days of Jesus' ministry. AT: "from the very first days when I began teaching the people and doing miracles" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/comfort]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/send]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/godthefather]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/holyspirit]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/true]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/testimony]]