John 16:7
Nevertheless I am telling you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, because if I do not go away the Enabler will not come to you, but if I do go I will send Him to you.
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In Context
6But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
8“Now when He comes he will convict the world about sin and about righteousness and about judgment:
Cross References
Luke 9:27However, I tell you truly: there are some standing here who will certainly not taste death until they see the Kingdom of God!”
John 7:39(Now He said this about the Spirit, whom those believing into Him were going to receive, in that the Holy Spirit had not yet been given because Jesus had not yet been glorified.)
John 11:50Nor do you consider that it is advantageous for us that one man should die on behalf of the people, rather than the whole nation perish!”
John 14:16Also, I will ask the Father and He will give you another Enabler, so that He may stay with you throughout the age
John 14:28“You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me you would have been glad that I said, ‘I am going to the Father,’ because my 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 →