John 16:6

John 16:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
• New International Version (NIV)Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said these things.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

Context of John 16:6

4But 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 to you at the beginning, because I was with you. 5But now I go to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Where goest thou? But because I have said these things to you, sorrow hath filled your heart. 7Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send him to you. 8And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

John 16:6 word by word

ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν, ἡ λύπη πεπλήρωκεν ὑμῶν τὴν καρδίαν.Read the interlinear

• Butἀλλάalla · butG235
• becauseὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• saidλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• thingsταῦταtauta · thisG5023
• youὑμῖνhumin · to youG5213
• sorrowλύπηlupē · griefG3077
• filledπληρόωplēroō · to fulfillG4137
• yourὑμῶνhumōn · of youG5216
• heartκαρδίαkardia · heartG2588

Cross-references for John 16:6

• John 16:20Verily, verily, I say to you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
• John 14:1Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.
• John 20:11But Mary stood outside of the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, to look into the sepulchre,
• Luke 22:45And when he rose up from prayer, and had come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,
• Luke 24:17And he said to them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?

Commentaries on John 16:6

• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-76-7. But because I have said these things ... sorrow hath filled your heart--Sorrow had too much paralyzed them, and He would rouse their energies.Read the comment

Topics related to John 16:6

• Apostles
• Trouble

In the dictionaries

• Desirous
• Reprove
• Sure
• Tribulation
• Atonement
• Comforter
• Holy Spirit
• Jesus Christ
• Johannine Theology
• John, Gospel of

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