John 16:28
I came forth from the Father, and have come into the world; again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
29His disciples say, Lo! now thou speakest plainly, and speakest no parable.
Cross References
Luke 24:51And it came to pass, while he blessed them, that he parted from them.
John 13:1Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour had come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, loved them unto the end.
John 14:28Ye heard me say to you, I am going away, and am coming again to you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced that I go to the Father; for the Father is greater than I.
John 16:16A little while, and ye no longer behold me; and again a little while, and ye will see me.
John 17:11And I am no longer in the world; and they are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father! keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are.
Acts 1:9And having thus spoken, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
Matthew Henry on John 16:24-28
Encouragement to Prayer. 23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father. 26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the… Read the whole commentary →