John 16:5

But now I go to him that has sent me, and none of you demands of me, Where goest thou?

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

In Context

4But 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.

6But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

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Cross References

John 6:62If then ye see the Son of man ascending up where he was before?

John 13:3[Jesus,] knowing that the Father had given him all things into his hands, and that he came out from God and was going to God,

John 14:4And ye know where I go, and ye know the way.

John 16:10of righteousness, because I go away to [my] Father, and ye behold me no longer;

John 16:28I came out from the Father and have come into the world; again, I leave the world and go to the Father.

John 17:13And now I come to thee. And these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in them.

Matthew Henry on John 16:2-7

Persecution Foretold; The Expediency of Christ's Departure. 1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. 2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. 3 And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. 4 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,… Read the whole commentary →

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