John 16:4

But these things have I spoken to you, that when the hour is come, ye may remember the same for I had told you. But these things I told you not at the beginning, because I was with you.

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

In The King James Version

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, because I was with you.

In Context

3And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me.

5But now I am going away to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither art thou going?

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Cross References

Matthew 10:7And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is approaching.

Mark 2:19And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

Luke 21:12But before all these things, they will lay hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and to prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.

John 14:29And now I have informed you before it comes to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe.

Acts 9:16for I will shew him how many things he must suffer for my name’s 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 →

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