John 16:6
"but sorrow has filled your hearts because I have told you these things.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
In Context
5"But now I go my way to Him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’
Cross References
Luke 22:45When he arose from his prayers, and came to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
John 14:1"Let not your hearts be troubled. You trust in God, trust in me also.
John 16:20"I tell you solemnly that you will be weeping and wailing while the world is rejoicing; you will be grief-stricken, but your grief shall be turned into gladness.
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 →