John 16:4

But these things I have spoken to you, so that when the time comes, you may remember them, that I told you. But these things I did not say to you from the beginning, because I was with you. 1 The Work of the Holy Spirit

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

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, because I was with you.

In Context

3And these things they will do to you because they did not know the Father nor Me.

5“But now I am going to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

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Cross References

Matthew 10:7And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’

Mark 2:19And Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they are not able to fast.

Luke 21:12But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and they will persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and rulers on account of My name.

John 14:29“And now I have told you before it happens, so that whenever it may happen, you may believe.

Acts 9:16For I will show him all the things that he must suffer for My name's sake.”

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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