through Him shall be a characteristic of their higher state under the Dispensation of the Spirit.”20 Prayer in Jesus’ name, then, is indicative of prayer based upon a new relationship that the Day of Pentecost will initiate. The drastic nature of this new advance in prayer privilege is heightened by the Lord’s next words: I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you. Clearly, the reference is to the personal praying of Jesus as seen by the emphatic I (ἐγὼ). The nature of the praying