John 16:6

But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

In Context

5And now I go to him that sent me, and no one of you asks me, Whither goest thou?

7But yet I tell you the truth: it is profitable for you that I go away. For if I go not away, the Paraclete will not come to you. But if I go away, I will send him to you.

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Cross References

Luke 22:45And he arose from prayer, and came to his disciples, and found them asleep for sorrow.

John 14:1Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God; believe also in me.

John 16:20Verily, verily I say to you, you shall weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned 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 →

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