John 16:28
I came forth from the Father, and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
29His disciples say to him, Lo, now thou speak plainly, and speak not one veiled word.
Cross References
Luke 24:51And it came to pass while he blessed them, he parted from them, and was brought up into heaven.
John 13:1Now before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, having seen that his hour has come that he would depart out of this world to his Father, having loved his own in the world, he loved them to the end.
John 14:28Ye heard that I said to you, I go, and I come to you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced because I said I go to the Father, because my Father is greater than I.
John 16:16A little while, and ye do not look at me. Again a little while, and ye will see me, because I go to the Father.
John 17:11And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name that thou have given to me, so that they may be one, just as we.
Acts 1:9And having said these things, as they were watching, he was taken up, and a cloud received him from their eyes.
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 →