John 16:6

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

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

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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

7But I the truth say to you, That it is needful for you that I go; for if I go not, the Paraclete cometh not to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

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Cross References

Luke 22:45And he arose from prayer, and came to his disciples, and found them asleep, from sorrow.

John 14:1LET not your heart be troubled: believe in Aloha, and in me believe.

John 16:20Amen, amen, I tell you, That you will weep and lament, and the world will rejoice; and to you shall be sorrow; but your sorrow shall become joy.

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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