John 16:4

Now I have told you these things so that when the time comes you may remember that I told you about them; I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.

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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 they will do these things because they have not known either the Father or me.

5“Now then, I am going away to Him who sent me, yet 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 the heavens has come near.’

Mark 2:19So Jesus said to them: “Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom to themselves they cannot fast.

Luke 21:12But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors on account of my name.

John 14:29I have told you now, before it happens, so that when it does happen you may believe.

Acts 9:16for I will show him how many things 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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