John 16:26
"In that day you shall pray in my name; and I do not tell you that I will ask the Father on your behalf;
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
In Context
Cross References
John 14:16"and I will pray the Father,
John 17:9"I am praying for them; I am not praying for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; for they are thine,
John 17:24"Father, it is my will that wherever I am these also, thy gift to me, may be with me, that they may see the glory, my glory which thou hast given me, because thou didst love me before the foundations of the world.
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 →