- Bible
- John
- Chapter 16
- Verse 6
But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
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Gill's Exposition
But because I have said these things to you,.... Of being hated and persecuted by the Jews, of being put out of their synagogues, and of losing of their lives; and particularly of his departure from…
Now I go my way - Now I am about to die and leave you, and it is proper to announce all these things to you. None of you asketh me ... - They gave themselves up to grief instead of inquiring why he…
Christ dealt faithfully with his disciples when he sent them forth on his errands, for he told them the worst of it, that they might sit down and count the cost. He had told them in the chapter before…
Cambridge Bible
I have said Better, I have spoken as in Joh 16:16. A similar correction is needed in Joh 16:16 for -have I told:" it is the same Greek word in all three cases, and means -to speak," not -to say" or…
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