John 16:7
But I tell you the truth, that it is profitable for you that I go away; for, if I go not away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
6And because I have told you these things, sorrow hath come and hath filled your hearts.
8And when he is come, he will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.
Cross References
Luke 9:27I tell you the truth, that there are some standing here, who will not taste death, until they shall see the kingdom of God.
John 7:39(This he said of the Spirit, which they who believe in him were to receive: for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.)
John 11:50Neither do ye consider, that it is expedient for us, that one man die for the people, and not that this whole people perish.
John 14:16And I will ask of my Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever,
John 14:28Ye have heard what I said to you that I go away, and come again to you. If ye had loved me, ye would have rejoiced, that I go to my Father; for my Father is greater than I
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 →