John 16:6

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

5But I told you not these things from the beginning, because I was with you. And now I go to him that sent me, and none of you asketh me: Whither goest thou?

7But I tell you the truth: it is expedient to you that I go: for if I go not, the Paraclete will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

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Cross References

Luke 22:45And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow.

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

John 16:20Amen, amen I say to you, that you shall lament and weep, but the world shall rejoice; and you shall be made 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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