John 16:7
But 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.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
6For I have told you these, and sorrow hath come and filled your hearts.
8And when he hath come, he will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.
Cross References
Luke 9:27THE truth I say to you, that some who are standing here shall not taste death, until they have seen the kingdom of Aloha.
John 7:39But this he spake of the Spirit which they should receive who believe in him. For not yet was the Spirit given, because not yet was Jeshu glorified.
John 11:50nor reason that it is expedient for us that one man die for the people, and not all the people perish.
John 14:16and I will pray of my Father, and another Paraclete will he give you, who will be with you for ever,
John 14:28You have heard what I have told you, that I go, and come to you (again). If you had loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I go to my Father; for my Father is greater than I.
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 →