John 16:24

John 16:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
• New International Version (NIV)Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.

Context of John 16:24

22So you also have sorrow now. But I will see you again. Your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy from you. 23“In that day you will not ask me anything. Truly I tell you, anything you ask the Father in my name, he will give you. Until now you have asked for nothing in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete. 25“I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. A time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures, but I will tell you plainly about the Father. 26On that day you will ask in my name, and I am not telling you that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

John 16:24 word by word

ἕως ἄρτι οὐκ ᾐτήσατε οὐδὲν ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου· αἰτεῖτε καὶ λήμψεσθε, ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ὑμῶν ᾖ πεπληρωμένη.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hithertoἕωςheōs · untilG2193
• ·ἄρτιarti · nowG737
• have ye askedαἰτέωaiteō · to askG154
• ·οὐou · noG3756
• nothingοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• myἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• nameὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• ye shall receiveλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• joyχαράchara · joyG5479
• may beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• fullπληρόωplēroō · to fulfillG4137

Cross-references for John 16:24

• Genesis 32:9Then Jacob said, “God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord who said to me, ‘Go back to your land and to your family, and I will cause you to prosper,’
• 1 Kings 18:36At the time for offering the evening sacrifice, the prophet Elijah approached the altar and said, “Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, today let it be known that you are God in Israel and I am your servant, and that at your word I have done all these things.
• 2 Kings 19:15Then Hezekiah prayed before the Lord: Lord God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you are God — you alone — of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
• Matthew 6:9“Therefore, you should pray like this: Our Father in heaven, your name be honored as holy.
• Ephesians 1:16I never stop giving thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:11Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:2Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:16May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope by grace,
• Matthew 7:7“Ask, and it will be given to you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.
• James 4:2You desire and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and wage war. You do not have because you do not ask.
• John 16:23“In that day you will not ask me anything. Truly I tell you, anything you ask the Father in my name, he will give you.
• John 15:11“I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
• 1 John 1:3what we have seen and heard we also declare to you, so that you may also have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
• 2 John 1:12Though I have many things to write to you, I don’t want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come to you and talk face to face so that our joy may be complete.

Commentaries on John 16:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name - Ye have not as yet considered me the great Mediator between God and man; but this is one of the truths which shall be more fully revealed to you by the Holy Spirit. Ask - In my name; and ye shall receive - all the salvation ye thus request; the consequence of which shall be that your joy shall be full - ye shall be thoroughly happy in being made completely holy.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Hitherto - During his ministry, and while he was with them. Have ye asked … - From the evangelists, as well as from this declaration, it seems that they had presented their requests for instruction and aid to Jesus himself. If they had prayed to God, it is probable that they had not done it in his name This great truth that we must approach God in the name of the Mediator was reserved for the last that the Saviour was to communicate to them. It was to be…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-27Verses 23-27 Asking of the Father shows a sense of spiritual wants, and a desire of spiritual blessings, with conviction that they are to be had from God only. Asking in Christ's name, is acknowledging our unworthiness to receive any favours from God, and shows full dependence upon Christ as the Lord our Righteousness. Our Lord had hitherto spoken in short and weighty sentences, or in parables, the import of which the disciples did not fully understand…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-24Ask and you will receive: Two notable effects of the resurrection are the joy of understanding and the joy of successful prayer. The disciples would no longer experience the confusion described in 16:16–18.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 23-2823-28. In that day--of the dispensation of the Spirit (as in Joh 14:20). ye shall ask--inquire of me nothing--by reason of the fulness of the Spirit's teaching (Joh 14:26; 16:13; and compare 1Jo 2:27).Read the comment

Topics related to John 16:24

• Gifts from God
• Jesus Continued
• Joy
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• Desirous
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• Atonement
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• Ethics of Jesus
• Hitherto
• Holy Spirit
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Commentaries on John 16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings