John 16:5
I did not tell you all this at first, because I was with you. But now I am to return to him who sent me; and yet not one of you asks me — ‘Where are you going?’
Twentieth Century New Testament
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
6Although your hearts are full of sorrow at all that I have been saying to you.
Cross References
John 6:62“Is this a hindrance to you? What, then, if you should see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?
John 13:3and at supper, Jesus — although knowing that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he had come from God, and was to return to God —
John 14:4and you know the way to the place where I am going.”
John 16:10as to Righteousness, for I am going to the Father, and you will see me no longer;
John 16:28I came out from the Father, and have come into the world; and now I am to leave the world, and go to the Father.”
John 17:13But now I am to come to thee; and I am speaking thus, while still in the world, that they may have my own joy, in all its fullness, in their hearts.
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 →