John 16:4
But these things I have spoken to you, that when the hour may come, you may remember them, that I said [them] to you, and I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you;
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3and these things they will do to you, because they did not know the Father, nor Me.
5and now I go away to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, To where do you go?
Cross References
Isaiah 41:22They bring [them] near, and declare to us that which happens, || Declare the first things—what they [are], || And we set our heart, and know their latter end, || Or cause us to hear the coming things.
Matthew 10:7And going on, proclaim, saying that the kingdom of the heavens has come near;
Mark 2:19And Jesus said to them, “Are the sons of the bride-chamber able, while the bridegroom is with them, to fast? As long a time [as] they have the bridegroom with them they are not able to fast;
Luke 21:12and before all these, they will lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for My Name’s sake;
John 14:29And now I have said [it] to you before it comes to pass, that when it may come to pass, you may believe.
Acts 9:16for I will show him how many things he must suffer for My Name.”
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 →