John 16:28

²⁶ In that day you will ask in My name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

²⁷ For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.

I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”

²⁹ His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.

³⁰ Now we understand that You know all things and that You have no need for anyone to question You. Because of this, we believe that You came from God.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”
KJV: I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
WEB: I came from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father.”
ASV: I came out from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go unto the Father.
DARBY: I came out from the Father and have come into the world; again, I leave the world and go to the Father.
BLB: I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; again I leave the world and go to the Father.”

ÅB: Jeg er utgått fra Faren og kommet til verden; jeg forlater verden igjen og går til Faren.
OTB: Jeg er kommet fra Faderen og har kommet inn i verden; nå forlater jeg verden og går til Faderen."
B1930: Jeg er utgått fra Faderen og kommet til verden; jeg forlater verden igjen og går til Faderen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

John 13:1
It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.
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John 13:3
Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.
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John 8:14
Jesus replied, “Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I came from or where I am going.
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John 14:28
You heard Me say, ‘I am going away, and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I.
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John 17:5
And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
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John 16:5
Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’
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John 16:16
In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me.”
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Acts 1:9–11
After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.
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