John 16:28
I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go unto the Father.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
29His disciples say, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
Cross References
Luke 24:51And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he parted from them, and was carried up into heaven.
John 13:1Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
John 14:28Ye heard how I said to you, I go away, and I come unto you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced, because I go unto the Father: for the Father is greater than I.
John 16:16A little while, and ye behold me no more; and again a little while, and ye shall see me.
John 17:11And I am no more in the world, and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep them in thy name which thou hast given me, that they may be one, even as we are.
Acts 1:9And when he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
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 →