John 16:27
for the Father himself loveth you, because you have loved me, and have believed that from the Father I came forth.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
26In that day you shall ask in my name; and I say not to you that I will ask of the Father for you;
Cross References
John 3:13AND no man hath ascended into heaven, but he who descended from heaven, the Son of man, he who is in heaven.
John 8:42Jeshu saith to them, If Aloha were your Father, you would love me; for I from Aloha came forth, and I came not of myself, but he sent me.
John 14:23Jeshu replied, and said to him, He who loveth me, my word keepeth, and my Father will love him, and unto him we come, and a dwelling-place with him we make.
John 17:7Now have they known that whatsoever thou hast given me is from thee.
John 17:25My righteous Father, the world hath not known thee; but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.
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 →