John 14:29

I've explained this to you now before it happens so that when it does happen you will be convinced.

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In The King James Version

And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.

In Context

28You've heard me tell you, ‘I am going away, but I will come back to you.’ If you really loved me, you would be happy because I'm going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

30I can't talk to you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no power to control me,

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Cross References

John 13:19I'm telling you this now, before it happens, so when it does happen you will be convinced that I am who I am.

Matthew Henry on John 14:29-31

Christ's Consolatory Discourse. 28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. 31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I… Read the whole commentary →

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