John 16:4
But I have spoken these things to you, that, when the time cometh, ye may remember that I myself told you of them. But these things I told you not at the beginning, because I was with you.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3And these things will they do, because they neither know the Father nor me.
5But now I go to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
Cross References
Isaiah 41:22Let them produce them, and show us what shall happen! Tell us what ye have predicted in times past, That we may consider, and know its fulfilment! Or declare to us things that are to come!
Matthew 10:7And, as ye go, proclaim, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Mark 2:19And Jesus said to them, Can the companions of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
Luke 21:12But before all these things they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues, and into prisons, and bringing you before kings and governors on account of my name.
John 14:29And now I have told you before it hath come to pass, that when it hath come to pass ye may believe.
Acts 9:16For I myself will show him how great things he must 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 →