John 16:4
But I have told you these things, so that when the hour comes, ye may remember that I told you of them. But I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.
A Conservative Version
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In Context
3And they will do these things, because they have not known the Father nor me.
5But now I go to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, Where do thou go?
Cross References
Isaiah 41:22Let them bring forth, and declare to us what shall happen. Declare ye the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them, or show us things to come.
Matthew 10:7And while going, preach, saying, The kingdom of the heavens has come near.
Mark 2:19And Jesus said to them, The sons of the wedding hall cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them. As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
Luke 21:12But before all these things, they will throw their hands on you, and will persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.
John 14:29And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, ye might believe.
Acts 9:16For I will give him a glimpse of how many things it is necessary for him to suffer for my name.
Matthew Henry on John 16:2-7
Persecution Foretold; The Expediency of Christ's Departure. 1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. 2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. 3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. 4 But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning,… Read the whole commentary →