John 16:4
'But these things I have spoken to you, that when the hour may come, ye may remember them, that I said [them] to you, and these things to you from the beginning I did not say, because I was with you;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3and these things they will do to you, because they did not know the Father, nor me.
5and now I go away to Him who sent me, and none of you doth ask me, Whither dost thou go?
Cross References
Isaiah 41:22They bring nigh, and declare to us that which doth happen, The first things — what they [are] declare ye, And we set our heart, and know their latter end, Or the coming things cause us to hear.
Matthew 10:7'And, going on, proclaim saying that, the reign of the heavens hath come nigh;
Mark 2:19And Jesus said to them, 'Are the sons of the bride-chamber able, while the bridegroom is with them, to fast? so long time as they have the bridegroom with them they are not able to fast;
Luke 21:12and before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake;
John 14:29'And now I have said [it] to you before it come to pass, that when it may come to pass, ye may believe;
Acts 9:16for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.'
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 →