John 16:26

In that day you shall ask in my name; and I say not to you, that I will ask the Father in your behalf;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:

In Context

25These things I have spoken to you in parables; the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in parables, but will teach you plainly concerning the Father.

27for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from God.

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Cross References

John 14:16and I will pray the Father, and he will give you another Paraclete, that he may dwell with you forever;

John 17:9I pray for them; I pray not for the world, but for them whom thou hast given me; for they are thine.

John 17:24Father, I wish that they also, whom thou hast given me, may be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me; for thou didst love me before the foundation of the world.

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 →

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