John 16:25
These things, in similitudes, have I spoken unto you: There cometh an hour, when, no longer in similitudes, will I speak unto you, but, openly, concerning the Father, will I tell you.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
26In that day, In my name, shall ye ask:—and I say not that, I, will request the Father for you;
Cross References
Psalms 49:4I will bend, to a by-word, mine ear, I will open, on the lyre, mine enigma.
Proverbs 1:6By gaining discernment of proverb, and satire, the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
Matthew 13:34All these things, spake Jesus in parables, unto the multitudes, and, without a parable, was he speaking, nothing, unto them:
John 10:6This similitude, spake Jesus unto them; but, those men, understood not what the things were which he was speaking unto them.
John 16:12Yet many things, have I, unto you, to be saying,—but ye cannot bear them, just now;
John 16:28I came forth out of the Father, and have come into the world,—Again, I leave the world, and go, unto the Father.
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 →