John 16:25
These things I have spoken to you in veiled words. The hour comes, when I will no more speak to you in veiled words, but will inform you plainly about the Father.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
26In that day ye will ask in my name, and I do not say to you, that I will pray the Father about you,
Cross References
Psalms 49:4I will incline my ear to a parable. I will open my dark saying upon the harp.
Proverbs 1:6to understand a proverb, and a figure, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Matthew 13:34Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the multitudes, and he did not speak to them independent of a parable,
John 10:6Jesus spoke this allegory to them, but those men did not understand what it was that he spoke to them.
John 16:12I have yet many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them now.
John 16:28I came forth from the Father, and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
Matthew Henry on John 16:24-28
Encouragement to Prayer. 23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father. 26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the… Read the whole commentary →