John 16:7

Contrariwise, I am-saying the truth to{you}. It-is-carrying/bearing-together to{you} in-which-place I may-come-off/away, for if-supposing I-may_not_come-off/away, the call-aside/beside/near/advocate will_not_be-come toward you; moreover, if-supposing I-may-be-gone, I-will-dispatch same toward you,

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

In Context

6Contrariwise, that I-have-spoken the-same to{you} the grief has-filled-full the heart of{you}.

8and, come[ing], the-there will-confute the world about of{sin} and about of{justice-ness} and about of{judge-sis[i.e. state of judgment]};

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Cross References

Luke 9:27Moreover, I-am-saying to{you}, truly some are-being of{the thus having-stood} who, no, should_not_taste of{death} until supposing they-may-behold the kingdom of{the God}."

John 7:39Moreover, the-same says about of{the Spirit, which} the believing/entrusting into same have-been-being-about to-be-taking, for not-yet Holy Spirit has-been-being, that the Jesus not-moreover-yet-ly is-esteem-ized/glorified.

John 11:50Nor you-are-word-izing/reckoning/accounting-selves that it-is-carrying/bearing-together to{us} in-which-place one man would-die-off/away over/for-the-sake of{the people} and not the whole nation would-perish-off/away."

John 14:16and I will-ask the Father and he-will-give another call-aside/beside/near/advocate to{you}, in-which-place he-may-be-remaining alongside of{you} into the eon,

John 14:28You-hear that I say to{you}, I-am-withdrawing and I-am-being-come toward you. If you-have-been-loving me, you-are-joyed, supposing that I-am-being-gone toward the Father, that the Father of{me} is-being greater-than of{me},

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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