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

22And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. 23And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say to you, Whatever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you. Until now ye have asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 25These things have I spoken to you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak to you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly concerning the Father. 26At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not to you, that I will pray the Father for you:

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

• nowἕωςheōs · untilG2193
• nowἄρτιarti · nowG737
• askedαἰτέωaiteō · to askG154
• nothingοὐou · noG3756
• nothingοὐδείςoudeis · noneG3762
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• myμοῦmou · of meG3450
• nameὄνομαonoma · nameG3686
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• receiveλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• thatἵναhina · in order that/toG2443
• yourὑμῶνhumōn · of youG5216
• joyχαράchara · joyG5479
• beὦō · may beG5600
• fullπληρόωplēroō · to fulfillG4137

Cross-references for John 16:24

• Genesis 32:9And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD who saidst to me, Return to thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
• 1 Kings 18:36And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word.
• 2 Kings 19:15And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, who dwellest between the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
• Matthew 6:9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
• Ephesians 1:16Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
• 1 Thessalonians 3:11Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:2Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:16Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, who hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace,
• Matthew 7:7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you:
• James 4:2Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.
• John 16:23And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say to you, Whatever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
• John 15:11These things have I spoken to you, that my joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.
• 1 John 1:3That which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.
• 2 John 1:12Having many things to write to you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come to you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.

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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• Ethics of Jesus
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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