John 16:6

But because I have said to you these things, the sorrow has filled your heart.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

In Context

5and now I go away to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, To where do you go?

7But I tell you the truth; it is better for you that I go away, for if I may not go away, the Comforter will not come to you, and if I go on, I will send Him to you;

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Cross References

Luke 22:45And having risen up from the prayer, having come to the disciples, He found them sleeping from the sorrow,

John 14:1“Do not let your heart be troubled, believe in God, believe also in Me;

John 16:20Truly, truly, I say to you that you will weep and lament, and the world will rejoice; and you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will become 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 →

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