John 16:5
Jesus told his followers, “I am going to leave you and go back to my father. He is the one that sent me here. And none of you asked me, ‘Where are you going?’
Plain English Version
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
6I know my words made you very sad.
Cross References
John 6:62Then what will you think if you see me going up, back to the place I came from? I am the special man that came down from heaven.
John 13:3and Jesus knew that God gave him power over everything so that he can do anything. And he knew that he came from God and that he was going back to God again soon.
John 14:4And you know the track to the place where I am going.”
John 16:10And I am going back to the father, and you will not see me any more. I will not be here, so the Holy Spirit will show people the right way to live.
John 16:28Yes, I came from my father, and I came into the world. But now I am going to leave the world and go back to my father.”
John 17:13Father, I am coming to you soon, but I am saying these things now, while I am still here in the world, so that my followers can be properly happy inside themselves, just like I am.
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 →