John 16:24
Hitherto ye have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye will receive; that your joy may be complete.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 6:9In this manner, therefore, pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name:
John 3:29He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom: and the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and listeneth to him, rejoiceth with great joy on account of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy, therefore, lo, it is full.
John 16:23And in that day ye will ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say to you, That whatsoever ye shall ask of my Father in my name, he will give to you.
1 Thessalonians 3:11And may God our Father, and our Lord Jesus the Messiah, direct our way unto you;
2 Thessalonians 2:16And may our Lord Jesus the Messiah himself, and God our Father, who hath loved us, and given us everlasting consolation and a good hope through his grace,
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 →