John 16:7
Yet I tell you the trueth, It is expedient for you that I goe away: for if I goe not away, that Comforter will not come vnto you: but if I depart, I will send him vnto you.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
6But because I haue saide these thinges vnto you, your hearts are full of sorowe.
8And when he is come, he will reproue the worlde of sinne, and of righteousnesse, and of iudgement.
Cross References
Psalms 68:18Thou art gone vp on high: thou hast led captiuitie captiue, and receiued giftes for men: yea, euen the rebellious hast thou led, that the Lord God might dwell there.
Luke 9:27And I tell you of a suretie, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they haue seene the kingdome of God.
John 7:39(This spake hee of the Spirite which they that beleeued in him, should receiue: for the holy Ghost was not yet giuen, because that Iesus was not yet glorified.)
John 11:50Nor yet doe you consider that it is expedient for vs, that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not.
John 14:16And I wil pray the Father, and he shall giue you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for euer,
John 14:28Ye haue heard howe I saide vnto you, I goe away, and will come vnto you. If ye loued me, ye would verely reioyce, because I said, I goe vnto the Father: for the Father is greater then 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 →