John 16:26

In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf,

Text-Critical English NT

In The King James Version

At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:

In Context

25“I have told you these things in figures of speech, but an hour is coming when I will no longer use figures of speech but will tell you plainly about the Father.

27for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have come to believe that I came from God.

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Cross References

John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper to abide with you forever—

John 17:9I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those yoʋ have given me, for they are yoʋrs.

John 17:24Father, I want those yoʋ have given me to be with me where I am, so that they may see my glory, which yoʋ gave me because yoʋ loved me before the foundation of the world.

Matthew Henry on John 16:24-28

Encouragement to Prayer. 23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father. 26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the… Read the whole commentary →

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