John 16:24
Hitherto haue ye asked nothing in my Name: aske, and ye shall receiue, that your ioye may be full.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 18:36And when they should offer the euening sacrifice, Eliiah the Prophet came, and sayd, Lord God of Abraham, Izhak and of Israel, let it be knowen this day, that thou art the God of Israel, and that I am thy seruant, and that I haue done all these things at thy commandement.
Matthew 6:9After this maner therefore pray ye, Our father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name.
John 3:29He that hath the bride, is the bridegrome: but the friend of the bridegrome which standeth and heareth him, reioyceth greatly, because of the bridegromes voyce. This my ioy therefore is fulfilled.
John 16:23And in that day shall ye aske me nothing. Verely, verely I say vnto you, whatsoeuer ye shall aske the Father in my Name, he will giue it you.
1 Thessalonians 3:11Nowe God himselfe, euen our Father, and our Lord Iesus Christ, guide our iourney vnto you,
2 Thessalonians 2:16Now the same Iesus Christ our Lord; and our God euen the Father which hath loued vs, and hath giuen vs euerlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
Matthew Henry on John 16:24-28
Encouragement to Prayer. 23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 25 These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father. 26 At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the… Read the whole commentary →