John 16:10

John 16:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
• New International Version (NIV)about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer;
• English Standard Version (ESV)concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer;
• New King James Version (NKJV)of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more;

Context of John 16:10

8And having come, he will bring demonstration to the world, of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 9of sin, because they do not believe on me; of righteousness, because I go away to [my] Father, and ye behold me no longer; 11of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. 12I have yet many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them now.

John 16:10 word by word

περὶ δικαιοσύνης δέ, ὅτι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα ὑπάγω, καὶ οὐκέτι θεωρεῖτέ με·Read the interlinear

• righteousnessδικαιοσύνηdikaiosunē · righteousnessG1343
• goὑπάγωhupagō · to goG5217
• Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962

Cross-references for John 16:10

• Isaiah 42:21Jehovah had delight [in him] for his righteousness' sake: he hath magnified the law, and made it honourable.
• Isaiah 45:24Only in Jehovah, shall one say, have I righteousness and strength. To him shall [men] come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed.
• Jeremiah 23:5Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, who shall reign as king, and act wisely, and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land.
• Daniel 9:24Seventy weeks are apportioned out upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to close the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make expiation for iniquity, and to bring in the righteousness of the ages, and to seal the vision and prophet, and to anoint the holy of holies.
• Acts 2:32This Jesus has God raised up, whereof all we are witnesses.
• Romans 1:17for righteousness of God is revealed therein, on the principle of faith, to faith: according as it is written, But the just shall live by faith.
• Romans 3:21But now without law righteousness of God is manifested, borne witness to by the law and the prophets;
• Romans 5:17For if by the offence of the one death reigned by the one, much rather shall those who receive the abundance of grace, and of the free gift of righteousness, reign in life by the one Jesus Christ:)
• Romans 8:33Who shall bring an accusation against God's elect? [It is] God who justifies:
• Romans 10:3For they, being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own [righteousness], have not submitted to the righteousness of God.
• 1 Corinthians 1:30But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who has been made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness, and holiness, and redemption;
• 1 Corinthians 15:14but if Christ is not raised, then, indeed, vain also [is] our preaching, and vain also your faith.
• 2 Corinthians 5:21Him who knew not sin he has made sin for us, that we might become God's righteousness in him.
• Galatians 5:5For we, by [the] Spirit, on the principle of faith, await the hope of righteousness.
• Philippians 3:7but what things were gain to me these I counted, on account of Christ, loss.
• 1 Timothy 3:16And confessedly the mystery of piety is great. God has been manifested in flesh, has been justified in [the] Spirit, has appeared to angels, has been preached among [the] nations, has been believed on in [the] world, has been received up in glory.

Commentaries on John 16:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Of righteousness - Of my innocence and holiness, because I go away to my Father; of which my resurrection from the dead, and my ascension to heaven, shall be complete proofs. Christ was treated by the Jews as an impostor; as a magician; as one possessed by the devil; as a wicked person, seducer, and destroyer of the law. His vindication from these charges he chiefly referred to the Holy Spirit, the Advocate, who, by his influences on the minds of the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Of righteousness - This seems clearly to refer to the righteousness or innocence of Jesus himself. He was now persecuted. He was soon to be arraigned on heavy charges, and condemned by the highest authority of the nation as guilty. Yet, though condemned, he says that the Holy Spirit would descend and convince the world that he was innocent. Because I go to my Father - That is, the amazing miracle of his resurrection and ascension to God would be a…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 Christ's departure was necessary to the Comforter's coming. Sending the Spirit was to be the fruit of Christ's death, which was his going away. His bodily presence could be only in one place at one time, but his Spirit is every where, in all places, at all times, wherever two or three are gathered together in his name. See here the office of the Spirit, first to reprove, or to convince. Convincing work is the Spirit's work; he can do it…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-11One of the Spirit’s roles is to convict the world. Convict is a legal term: The world had conducted its trial of Jesus, examining the evidence for his case (his signs and claims). Now the world would stand trial before the Spirit, and its guilt would be proven.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more--Beyond doubt, it is Christ's personal righteousness which the Spirit was to bring home to the sinner's heart. The evidence of this was to lie in the great historical fact, that He had "gone to His Father and was no more visible to men":--for if His claim to be the Son of God, the Saviour of the world, had been a lie, how should the Father, who is "a jealous God," have raised such a…Read the comment

Topics related to John 16:10

• Conviction
• God
• Holy Spirit
• Jesus Continued
• Jesus, the Christ

In the dictionaries

• Apostle
• Desirous
• Holy Ghost
• Reprove
• Sure
• Tribulation
• Ascension
• Atonement
• Comforter
• Holy Spirit

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