John 16:4

John 16:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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, because I was with you.
• New International Version (NIV)I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you,
• English Standard Version (ESV)But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you. "I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But these things I have told you, that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them. And these things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

Context of John 16:4

2They will ban you from the synagogue, yet an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering a service to God. 3These things they will do because they have not known the Father nor Me. But these things I have spoken to you, so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them. However, I did not say these things to you at the beginning, because I was with you. 5“But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’ 6But because I have said these things to you, grief has filled your heart.

John 16:4 word by word

ἀλλὰ ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν, ἵνα ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἡ ὥρα αὐτῶν, μνημονεύητε αὐτῶν ὅτι ἐγὼ εἶπον ὑμῖν. ταῦτα δὲ ὑμῖν ἐξ ἀρχῆς οὐκ εἶπον, ὅτι μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν ἤμην.Read the interlinear

• But theseοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• I have spokenλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• soἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
• their hourὥραhōra · hourG5610
• comesἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• may rememberμνημονεύωmnēmoneuō · to rememberG3421
• that I toldλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• you of them. Howeverδέde · thenG1161
• at the beginningἀρχήarchē · beginningG746
• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754

Cross-references for John 16:4

• John 13:19From now on I am telling you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you may believe that I am He.
• John 14:29And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe.
• Isaiah 41:22Let them bring them forward and declare to us what is going to take place; As for the former events, declare what they were, So that we may consider them and know their outcome. Or announce to us what is coming;
• Matthew 10:7And as you go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’
• Matthew 24:25Behold, I have told you in advance.
• Mark 13:23But beware; I have told you everything in advance.
• Luke 21:12“But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, turning you over to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors on account of My name.
• Acts 9:16for I will show him how much he must suffer in behalf of My name.”
• Acts 20:23except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that chains and afflictions await me.
• 2 Peter 1:14knowing that the laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.
• John 17:12While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name, which You have given Me; and I guarded them, and not one of them perished except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.
• Matthew 9:15And Jesus said to them, “The attendants of the groom cannot mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.
• Mark 2:19And Jesus said to them, “While the groom is with them, the attendants of the groom cannot fast, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast.

Commentaries on John 16:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4At the beginning - I would not trouble you by speaking of these things pointedly at first, when I chose you to be my disciples, but have referred them to the present time, lest you should be discouraged; and now only declare them because it is absolutely necessary that you should be put upon your guard.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4These things - These things which are about to happen, John 16:1-2. He had foretold them that they would take place. Ye may remember … - By calling to mind that he had foretold these things they would perceive that he was omniscient, and would remember, also, the consolations which he had afforded them and the instructions which he had given them. Had these calamities come upon them without their having been foretold, their faith might have failed; they…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-331-5. These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended--both the warnings and the encouragements just given.Read the comment

Topics related to John 16:4

• Jesus Continued
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• Desirous
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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