John 16:5

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

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

In The King James Version

But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

In Context

4THESE 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.

6For I have told you these, and sorrow hath come and filled your hearts.

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Cross References

John 6:62If you shall see then the Son of man ascend up to the place where he was from the first?

John 13:3But Jeshu himself, because he knew that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that from Aloha he had come forth, and unto Aloha he was going,

John 14:4And whither I go you know, and the way you know.

John 16:10but of righteousness, because unto my Father I go, and you see me not again;

John 16:28I came forth from the Father, and came into the world; and again I leave the world, and go unto the Father.

John 17:13BUT now I come to thee, and these (things) I speak in the world, that they may have my joy completed in themselves.

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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