John 16:4

I didn't need to tell you this right at the beginning because I was going to be with you.

Free Bible Version

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

3They'll do this because they have never known the Father or me. I've told you this so that when these things happen, you'll remember what I told you.

5But now I'm going to the one who sent me, and yet not one of you is asking me, ‘Where are you going?’

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Cross References

Isaiah 41:22“Let them come and tell us what's about to happen. Let them explain the things of the past, so that we can think about them and discover the final outcome. Or they can tell us about the future.

Matthew 10:7Wherever you go, tell the people, ‘The kingdom of heaven has arrived.’

Mark 2:19“Do wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?” Jesus asked them. “No. While the bridegroom's with them, they can't fast.

Luke 21:12But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will drag you before synagogues and throw you into prison, and put you on trial before kings and governors on account of me.

John 14:29I've explained this to you now before it happens so that when it does happen you will be convinced.

Acts 9:16I will show him what he'll have to 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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