John 16:7
"Yet it is the truth that I am telling you--it is to your advantage that I go away. For unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
6But grief has filled your hearts because I have said all this to you.
Cross References
Luke 9:27I tell you truly that there are some of those who stand here who will certainly not taste death till they have seen the Kingdom of God."
John 7:39He referred to the Spirit which those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not bestowed as yet, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.
John 11:50You do not reflect that it is to your interest that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish."
John 14:16And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be for ever with you--the Spirit of truth.
John 14:28"You heard me say to you, `I am going away, and yet I am coming to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced because I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I am.
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 →