John 16:4
2 They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
5 Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’
6 Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
- KJV
- 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, because I was with you.
- WEB
- But I have told you these things so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
- ASV
- But these things have I spoken unto you, that when their hour is come, ye may remember them, how that I told you. And these things I said not unto you from the beginning, because I was with you.
- DARBY
- But I have spoken these things to you, that when their hour shall have come, ye may remember them, that I have said [them] unto you. But I did not say these things unto you from [the] beginning, because I was with you.
- BLB
- But I have said these things to you⁺ so that when their hour might have come, you⁺ may remember that I said them to you⁺. Now I did not say these things to you⁺ from the beginning, because I was with you⁺.
- ÅB
- Men dette har jeg talt til dere, for at dere, når timen kommer, da skal minnes at jeg sa dere det; men dette sa jeg dere ikke fra begynnelsen av, fordi jeg da var hos dere.
- OTB
- Jeg har sagt dere dette for at dere, når den tid kommer, skal huske at jeg har sagt det til dere. Jeg sa ikke dette til dere fra begynnelsen av, fordi jeg var hos dere.
- B1930
- Men dette har jeg talt til eder, forat I, når timen kommer, da skal minnes at jeg sa eder det; men dette sa jeg eder ikke fra begynnelsen av, fordi jeg da var hos eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 14:29
And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe.
Read in contextMark 13:23
So be on your guard; I have told you everything in advance.
Read in contextJohn 13:19
I am telling you now before it happens, so that when it comes to pass, you will believe that I am He.
Read in contextJohn 17:12–13
While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
Read in contextMatthew 9:15
Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
Read in contextMatthew 24:25
See, I have told you in advance.
Read in contextActs 9:16
I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”
Read in contextIsaiah 41:22–23
“Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming.
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