John 16:5
But now I'm going to the one who sent me, and yet not one of you is asking me, ‘Where are you going?’
Free Bible Version
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
4I didn't need to tell you this right at the beginning because I was going to be with you.
6Of course, now that I've told you, you're full of grief.
Cross References
John 6:62Then what if you were to see the Son ascend to where he was before?
John 13:3Jesus knew that the Father had placed everything under his authority, and that he had come from God and was going back to God.
John 14:4You know the way to where I'm going.”
John 16:10What is right, for I'm going to the Father and you won't see me any longer.
John 16:28I left the Father and came into the world; now I leave the world and return to my Father.”
John 17:13Now I'm coming to you, and I say these things while I am still here in the world so they may share completely in my joy.
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 →