However, I do think this is one of those times we need to delve beyond the specific language we get in any one translation of the Bible. A paraclete is one who comes to your defense, your rescue, your comfort, and Jesus has done that for his disciples. And so, Jesus tells his disciples another paraclete will serve that function. Just as Jesus had been God s presence among them, so now will the Paraclete be God s presence among them. Just as God had given and sent Jesus as the Word, so now God gives and sends the Paraclete.
Lets look at remembrance first.
We must always remember that the Gospels are not biographical accounts. We have no video recording of Jesus life. No one followed Jesus around recording his actions or words. Only after his crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension, do the disciples begin to remember and to understand what he had taught them as he was among them. Even then, they did not record their memories of him.