John 16:4

"But I have told you these things, that when the time comes you may remember that I told you about them, myself. I did not, however, speak of these things at first, because I was with you.

Montgomery 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

3"And they will do these things because they have not known my Father, nor me.

5"But now I go my way to Him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’

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Cross References

Matthew 10:7"As you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’

Mark 2:19"Can friends of the bridegroom fast while he is still with them?" asked Jesus. "As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

Luke 21:12"But before all these things happen, they will apprehend you and persecute you and deliver you to the synagogues and to prisons, and bring you before kings and governors for the sake of my name.

John 14:29"And now I tell you this before it happens, so that when it does happen you may believe.

Acts 9:16"for I am going to show him all he has to suffer for the sake of my name."

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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