John 16:6

but for Y haue spokun to you these thingis, heuynesse hath fulfillid youre herte.

Wycliffe (portions)

In The King James Version

But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

In Context

5Y seide not to you these thingis fro the bigynnyng, for Y was with you. And now Y go to hym that sente me, and no man of you axith me, Whidur `thou goist?

7But Y seie to you treuthe, it spedith to you, that Y go; for if Y go not forth, the coumfortour schal not come to you; but if Y go forth, Y schal sende hym to you.

Read all of John 16

Cross References

Luke 22:45And whanne he was rysun fro preier, and was comun to hise disciplis, he foond hem slepynge for heuynesse.

John 14:1Be not youre herte afraied, ne drede it; ye bileuen in God, and bileue ye in me.

John 16:20Treuli, treuli, Y seie to you, that ye schulen mourne and wepe, but the world schal haue ioye; and ye schulen be soreuful, but youre sorewe schal turne in to ioye.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study John 16:6