John 16:7
But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
6Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.
8And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:
Cross References
Psalms 68:18You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.
Luke 9:27But I tell you truthfully, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.”
John 7:39He was speaking about the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were later to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
John 11:50You do not realize that it is better for you that one man die for the people than that the whole nation perish.”
John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—
John 14:28You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.
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 →