John 16:28
I came forth from the Father, and have come to the world; again I leave the world, and go on unto the Father.'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
29His disciples say to him, 'Lo, now freely thou dost speak, and no similitude speakest thou;
Cross References
Luke 24:51and it came to pass, in his blessing them, he was parted from them, and was borne up to the heaven;
John 13:1And before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour hath come, that he may remove out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own who [are] in the world — to the end he loved them.
John 14:28ye heard that I said to you — I go away, and I come unto you; if ye did love me, ye would have rejoiced that I said — I go on to the Father, because my Father is greater than I.
John 16:16a little while, and ye do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go away unto the Father.'
John 17:11and no more am I in the world, and these are in the world, and I come unto Thee. Holy Father, keep them in Thy name, whom Thou hast given to me, that they may be one as we;
Acts 1:9And these things having said — they beholding — he was taken up, and a cloud did receive him up from 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 →