John 16:5

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

In Context

4These 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.

6And because I have told you these things, sorrow hath come and hath filled your hearts.

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Cross References

John 6:62If then, ye were to see the Son of man ascend, to where he was from the beginning!

John 13:3And Jesus, because he knew that the Father had given all things into his hands; and that he came out from the Father, and was going to God;

John 14:4And whither I go, ye know; and the way ye know.

John 16:10and of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more:

John 16:28I proceeded forth from before the Father, and came into the world; and again I leave the world, and go to the Father.

John 17:13But now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that my joy may be complete in them.

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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