John 16:4

THESE have I spoken with you, that when their time hath come you may remember that I told you. But these at first I did not tell you, because with you I was.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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, because I was with you.

In Context

3And these will they do, because they have not known either my Father or me.

5But now I go unto Him who sent me; and no man of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

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Cross References

Matthew 10:7And as you go, proclaim and say that the kingdom of heaven hath drawn near.

Mark 2:19Jeshu said to them, Can the sons of the marriage-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? No;

Luke 21:12But before all these, they will lay hands upon you, and persecute you, and deliver you up to the synagogues, and to the house of the bound. And they will bring you before kings and governors on account of my name.

John 14:29And now, behold, I have told you while it is not done, that when it has been you may believe.

Acts 9:16For I will show him what he is to suffer on account of my name.

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 →

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