John 16:7
Neverthelesse I tell you the trueth it is expedient for you that I goo awaye. For yf I goo not awaye that comforter will not come vnto you. But yf I departe I will sende him vnto you.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
6But because I have sayde suche thinges vnto you youre hertes are full of sorowe.
8And when he is come he will rebuke the worlde of synne and of rightwesnes and of iudgement.
Cross References
Luke 9:27And I tell you of a surety: There be some of the that stonde here which shall not tast of deeth tyll they se the kyngdome of god.
John 7:39This spak he of the sprete which they that beleved on him shuld receave. For the holy goost was not yet there because that Iesus was not yet glorifyed.
John 11:50nor yet consider that it is expedient for vs that one man dye for the people and not that all the people perisshe.
John 14:16and I will praye the father and he shall geve you a nother comforter that he maye byde with you ever
John 14:28Ye have hearde how I sayde vnto you: I go and come agayne vnto you. If ye loved me ye wolde verely reioyce because I sayde I go vnto the father.
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 →