John 13:19
For the future I will tell you of things before they take place, so that, when they take place, you may believe that I am what I am.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 11:3and asked – “Are you ‘the coming one,’ or are we to look for someone else?”
Luke 21:13Then will be your opportunity of witnessing for me.
John 8:23“You,” added Jesus, “are from below, I am from above; you are of this present world, I am not;
John 14:29And this I have told you now before it happens, so that, when it does happen, you may still believe in me.
Matthew Henry on John 13:19-31
The Treachery of Judas Foretold; The Anxiety of the Disciples. 18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he. 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. 21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and… Read the whole commentary →