John 16:5

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

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

In Context

4But 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

6But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

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Cross References

John 6:62What then if you should see the Son of Man ascending where He was before?

John 13:3Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was going to God,

John 14:4And where I am going you know, and the way you know.”

John 16:10of righteousness, because I am going to My Father and you see Me no more;

John 16:28I came forth from the Father and I have come into the world. Again, I am leaving the world and I am going to the Father.”

John 17:13But now I am coming to You, and these things I speak in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves.

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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