John 16:12
10 in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see Me;
11 and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.
I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
13 However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.
14 He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
- KJV
- I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
- WEB
- “I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.
- ASV
- I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
- DARBY
- I have yet many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them now.
- BLB
- I still have many things to say to you⁺, but you⁺ are not able to bear [them] now.
- ÅB
- Enda har jeg meget å si dere; men dere kan ikke bære det nå;
- OTB
- "Jeg har ennå mye å si dere, men dere kan ikke bære det nå.
- B1930
- Ennu har jeg meget å si eder; men I kan ikke bære det nu;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 4:33
With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.
Read in contextJohn 15:15
No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:1–2
Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.
Read in contextActs 1:3
After His suffering, He presented Himself to them with many convincing proofs that He was alive. He appeared to them over a span of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God.
Read in contextHebrews 5:11–14
We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.
Read in contextJohn 14:30
I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
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