John 16:28
I came out from the Father, and have come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
29His disciples say; Behold, now you are talking openly, and speaking no parable.
Cross References
Luke 24:51And it came to pass, while He was blessing them, He departed from them, and was carried up into heaven.
John 13:1And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that the hour has come when He must depart out of this world to His Father, having loved His own who were in the world, with divine love, He loved them perfectly.
John 14:28You heard that I said to you, I go away, and I come to you. If you love me with divine love, you would rejoice, because I go to my Father: because the Father is greater than I.
John 16:16A little while, and ye see me no more; again a little while, and ye shall see me.
John 17:11And I am no longer in the world, and they are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them through my name whom thou hast given unto me, in order that they may be one, as we are.
Acts 1:9And having spoken these words, they looking, He was taken up, and a cloud received Him from their eyes.
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 →