John 16:4

These things have I spoken to you, that when the time of them cometh, ye may recollect, that I told you of them. And I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

3And these things will they do, because they have not known either my Father, or me.

5But now, I am going to Him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

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Cross References

Matthew 10:7And as ye go, proclaim and say: The kingdom of heaven hath approached.

Mark 2:19Jesus said to them: Can the guests of the nuptial chamber fast so long as the bridegroom is with them? No.

Luke 21:12But before all these things, they will lay hands upon you, and will persecute you, and will deliver you up to councils and to prison, and will arraign you before kings and governors, on account of my name.

John 14:29And now, lo, I have told you, before it occurreth; so that when it shall have occurred, ye may believe.

Acts 9:16For I will show him, how much he is to suffer on account 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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