John 16:4
But these things haue I tolde you, that when the houre shall come, ye might remember, that I tolde you them. And these things said I not vnto you from ye beginning, because I was with you.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
3And these things will they doe vnto you, because they haue not knowen ye Father, nor me.
5But now I go my way to him that sent me, and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
Cross References
Isaiah 41:22Let them bring foorth, and let them tell vs what shall come: let them shew the former things what they be, that wee may consider them, and knowe the latter ende of them: either declare vs things for to come.
Matthew 10:7And as ye goe, preach, saying, The kingdome of heauen is at hand.
Mark 2:19And Iesus saide vnto them, Can the children of the marriage chamber fast, whiles the bridegrome is with them? as long as they haue the bridegrome with them, they cannot fast.
Luke 21:12But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, deliuering you vp to the assemblies, and into prisons, and bring you before Kings and rulers for my Names sake.
John 14:29And nowe haue I spoken vnto you, before it come, that when it is come to passe, ye might beleeue.
Acts 9:16For I will shewe him, howe many things he must suffer for my Names sake.
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 →