John 14:29

I have told you these things now before they happen, so that when they happen you will believe that what I said is true.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.

In Context

28You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, but later I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going back to my Father, because my Father is greater than I am, and there he will honor me and will send the Spirit to you.

30I will not be able to talk to you much longer, because what happens to me will be as though Satan, the ruler of this world, is coming to attack me. But he has no control over what happens to me.

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Cross References

John 13:19I am telling you about someone betraying me before it happens, in order that when it happens, you may continue to believe that I am ◄ the Messiah/who I say I am►.

Matthew Henry on John 14:29-31

Christ's Consolatory Discourse. 28 Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. 29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. 30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. 31 But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I… Read the whole commentary →

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