John 16:5

Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

Majority Standard Bible

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 told you these things so that when the 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.

6Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.

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Cross References

John 6:62Then what will happen if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before?

John 13:3Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.

John 14:4You know the place where I am going and you know the way.”

John 16:10in regard to righteousness, because I am going to My Father and you will no longer see Me;

John 16:28I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”

John 17:13But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within 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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