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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)You haven’t done this before. Ask, using my name, and you will receive, and you will have abundant joy.

Context of John 16:24

22So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy. 23In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name. Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete. 25“Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language but will tell you plainly about my Father. 26In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying 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 prayed, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, Lord, you who said to me, ‘Go back to your country and your relatives, and I will make you prosper,’
• 1 Kings 18:36At the time of sacrifice, the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed: “Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command.
• 2 Kings 19:15And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: “Lord, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
• Matthew 6:9“This, then, is how you should pray: “ ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,
• Ephesians 1:16I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:11Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:2Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:16May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope,
• 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 but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.
• John 16:23In that day you will no longer ask me anything. Very truly I tell you, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.
• John 15:11I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete.
• 1 John 1:3We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
• 2 John 1:12I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you 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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• Sure
• Tribulation
• Atonement
• Comforter
• Ethics of Jesus
• Hitherto
• Holy Spirit
• Intercession

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