John 16:32
30 Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?
Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
- KJV
- Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
- WEB
- Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
- ASV
- Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and [yet] I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
- DARBY
- Behold, [the] hour is coming, and has come, that ye shall be scattered, each to his own, and shall leave me alone; and [yet] I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
- BLB
- Behold, an hour is coming and has come when you⁺ shall be scattered, each to [his] own, and Me you⁺ shall leave alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with Me.
- ÅB
- se, den stund kommer, og er kommet, da dere skal spredes hver til sitt og late meg alene; men jeg er ikke alene, for Faren er med meg.
- OTB
- "Se, den tid kommer, ja, den er allerede kommet, da dere skal bli spredt, hver til sitt eget hjem. Dere skal forlate meg alene. Men jeg er ikke alene, for Faderen er med meg.
- B1930
- se, den stund kommer, og er kommet, da I skal spredes hver til sitt og late mig alene; men jeg er ikke alene, for Faderen er med mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Zechariah 13:7
Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.
Read in contextMatthew 26:31
Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
Read in contextJohn 8:29
And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
Read in contextMark 14:27
And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.
Read in contextJohn 8:16
And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
Read in contextMatthew 26:56
But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
Read in contextIsaiah 50:6–9
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
Read in contextMark 14:50
And they all forsook him, and fled.
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