John 14:29

And now I have told you before it come to pass: that when it shall come to pass, you may believe.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.

In Context

28You have heard that I said to you: I go away, and I come unto you. If you loved me you would indeed be glad, because I go to the Father: for the Father is greater than I. For the Father is greater than I... It is evident, that Christ our Lord speaks here of himself as he is made man: for as God he is equal to the Father. (See Phil. 2.) Any difficulty of understanding the meaning of these words will vanish, when the relative circumstances of the text here are considered: for Christ being at this time shortly to suffer death, signified to his apostles his human nature by these very words: for as God he could not die. And therefore as he was both God and man, it must follow that according to his humanity he was to die, which the apostles were soon to see and believe, as he expresses, ver. 29. And now I have told you before it come to pass: that when it shall come to pass, you may believe.

30I will not now speak many things with you. For the prince of this world: cometh: and in me he hath not any thing.

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Cross References

John 13:19At present I tell you, before it come to pass: that when it shall come to pass, you may believe that I am he.

Matthew Henry on John 14:29-31

Christ's Consolatory Discourse. 28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. 31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I… Read the whole commentary →

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