And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
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Gill's Exposition
And now I have told you before it came to pass,.... This is a strong proof of his true and proper deity, for none but the omniscient God can tell of things before they come to pass; this is peculiar…
Barnes' Notes
Before it come to pass - Before my death, resurrection, and ascension. Ye might believe - You might be confirmed or strengthened in faith by the evidence which I gave that I came from God - the power…
Adam Clarke
I have told you before it come to pass - Lest my death should be a stumbling-block to you, I have spoken of it beforehand, and showed you the necessity of it, that when it happens ye may believe, that…
Christ here gives his disciples another reason why their hearts should not be troubled for his going away; and that is, because his heart was not. And here he tells them what it was that enabled him…
Cambridge Bible
ye might believe Better, ye may believe. The brevity of the expression makes it ambiguous. It may mean either, -ye may believe that I am He" (as in Joh 13:19), in which case -I have told you" probably…