John 16:6
But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
In Context
5But now I go to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, Where do thou go?
Cross References
Luke 22:45And after rising up from his prayer, having come to the disciples, he found them sleeping from sorrow.
John 14:1Let not your heart be troubled. Ye believe in God, believe also in me.
John 16:20Truly, truly, I say to you, that ye will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. Ye will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will become into joy.
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 →