New English Translation
John 16:13
13But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come.
John 16:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
- New International Version (NIV)But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
- New King James Version (NKJV)However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.
Context of John 16:13
11and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned. 12“I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come. 14He will glorify me, because he will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you. 15Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.
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ὅταν δὲ ἔλθῃ ἐκεῖνος, τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας, ὁδηγήσει ὑμᾶς ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ πάσῃ. οὐ γὰρ λαλήσει ἀφ᾽ ἑαυτοῦ, ἀλλ᾽ ὅσα ἀκούσει λαλήσει καὶ τὰ ἐρχόμενα ἀναγγελεῖ ὑμῖν.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Howbeitδέde · thenG1161
- whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
- heἐκεῖνοςekeinos · thatG1565
- the Spirit ofὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- the Spirit ofπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
- truthἀλήθειαalētheia · truthG225
- is comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- he will guideὁδηγέωhodēgeō · to guideG3594
- youσύsu · youG4771
- intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
- allπᾶςpas · allG3956
- forγάρgar · forG1063
- he shallλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
- notοὐou · noG3756
- ofἀπόapo · away fromG575
- himselfἑαυτοῦheautou · themselfG1438
- butἀλλάalla · butG235
- whatsoeverὅσοςhosos · just as/how muchG3745
- ·ἄνan · ifG302
- he shall hearἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- he will shewἀναγγέλλωanaggellō · to reportG312
Cross-references for John 16:13
- John 14:17the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he resides with you and will be in you.
- John 15:26When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father – the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father – he will testify about me,
- 1 John 4:6We are from God; the person who knows God listens to us, but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.
- John 14:26But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you.
- 1 Corinthians 2:10God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God.
- Ephesians 4:7But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
- 1 John 2:20Nevertheless you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.
- John 3:32He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.
- John 7:16So Jesus replied, “My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me.
- John 8:38I am telling you the things I have seen while with the Father; as for you, practice the things you have heard from the Father!”
- John 12:49For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak.
- Joel 2:28(3:1) After all of this I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your elderly will have revelatory dreams; your young men will see prophetic visions.
- Acts 2:17‘And in the last days it will be,’ God says, ‘that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams.
- Acts 11:28One of them, named Agabus, got up and predicted by the Spirit that a severe famine was about to come over the whole inhabited world. (This took place during the reign of Claudius.)
- Acts 20:23except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.
- Acts 21:9(He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.)
Commentaries on John 16:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13He will guide you - He will consider your feeble infant state; and, as a father leads his child by the hand, so will the Holy Spirit lead and guide you. The Vulgate, and some copies of the Itala, read, He will Teach you all truth; but this and more is implied in the word ̔, he will lead; besides, this reading is not acknowledged by any Greek MS. He shall not speak of himself - He shall teach nothing contrary to what I have taught you: But whatsoever he…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13The Spirit of truth - So called because he would teach them all necessary truth. Will guide you into all truth - That is, truth which pertained to the establishment of the Christian system, which they were not then prepared to hear. We may here remark that this is a full promise that they would be inspired and guided in founding the new church; and we may observe that the plan of the Saviour was replete with wisdom. Though they had been long with him, yet…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. 13The Spirit of truth, who brings truth from God, guides the judgment of the world. The Spirit speaks only what he hears from the Father. The Father, Son, and Spirit work in perfect unity (16:15). The disciples could expect the Spirit to reveal new things about the present and future (see 14:26).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1512-15. when he, the Spirit of truth, is come ... he shall not speak of himself--that is, from Himself, but, like Christ Himself, "what He hears," what is given Him to communicate. he will show you things to come--referring specially to those revelations which, in the Epistles partially, but most fully in the Apocalypse, open up a vista into the Future of the Kingdom of God, whose horizon is the everlasting hills.Read the comment
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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
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