John 16:27
for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I proceeded from the presence of the Father.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
26In that day ye will ask in my name; and I do not say to you, that I will pray to the Father for you;
Cross References
John 3:13And no one hath ascended to heaven, but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.
John 8:42Jesus said to them: If God were your Father, ye would love me; for I proceeded and came from God: I did not come of my own accord, but he sent me.
John 14:23Jesus answered, and said to him: He that loveth me, observeth my instruction; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our abode with him.
John 17:7Now I have known, that whatever thou hast given me, was from thee.
John 17:25My righteous Father, the world hath not known thee; but I have known thee, and these have known, that thou didst send me.
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 →