John 16:6

but because these things I have said to you, the sorrow hath filled your heart.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

In Context

5and now I go away to Him who sent me, and none of you doth ask me, Whither dost thou go?

7'But I tell you the truth; it is better for you that I go away, for if I may not go away, the Comforter will not come unto you, and if I go on, I will send Him unto you;

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Cross References

Luke 22:45And having risen up from the prayer, having come unto the disciples, he found them sleeping from the sorrow,

John 14:1'Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe;

John 16:20verily, verily, I say to you, that ye shall weep and lament, and the world will rejoice; and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow joy will become.

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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