John 16:5

But now I am going to the One who sent me. And none of you asks me, Where are you going?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

In Context

4But these things I have spoken to you, that, when the sha'ah of these things comes, you might have zikaron (remembrance) of these things, that I told you. But I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

6But because I have spoken these things to you, agmat nefesh (grief) has filled your levavot (heart).

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Cross References

John 6:62What if you behold the Bar Enosh ascending where he was Bereshis?

John 13:3And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach having had da'as that HaAv had given into his hands all things, and that from Hashem Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach came forth and to Hashem he is going,

John 14:4And where I go you have da'as of HaDerech. + 14:4 Ps 1:6

John 16:10Concerning Tzedek, + 16:10 Dan 9:24 because I go to HaAv and no longer do you see me;

John 16:28I came from HaAv and I have come into the Olam Hazeh. Again I leave the Olam Hazeh and go to HaAv.

John 17:13And now to You I am coming, and I speak these things in the Olam Hazeh that they may have my simcha made shleimah in themselves.

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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