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

22So also you have sorrow now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you! 23“In that day, you will ask Me nothing. Amen, amen I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you. Up to now, you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be full. 25“These things I have spoken to you in metaphors. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in metaphors, but will tell you plainly about the Father. 26In that day, you will ask in My name—and I’m not telling you 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 32:9for he thought, “If Esau comes to one camp and strikes it, the camp that’s left will escape.”
• 1 Kings 18:36Now it was at the time of offering up the evening sacrifice that Elijah the prophet came near and said, “Adonai, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, let it be known today that You are God in Israel, that I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your word.
• 2 Kings 19:15Hezekiah prayed before Adonai, saying, “Adonai, God of Israel, who is enthroned upon the cheruvim. You alone are God of all the kingdoms of the earth. You made heaven and earth.
• Matthew 6:9“Therefore, pray in this way: ‘Our Father in heaven, sanctified be Your name.
• Ephesians 1:16I never stop giving thanks for you as I mention you in my prayers—
• 1 Thessalonians 3:11Now may our God and Father Himself and Yeshua our Lord direct our way to you.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:2Grace to you and shalom from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah!
• 2 Thessalonians 2:16Now may our Lord Yeshua the Messiah Himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope,
• Matthew 7:7“Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
• James 4:2You crave and have not. You murder and you envy, yet you cannot get it. You fight and you wage war. You do not have because you do not ask.
• John 16:23“In that day, you will ask Me nothing. Amen, amen I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
• John 15:11These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and your joy may be full.
• 1 John 1:3What we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so you may have fellowship with us. Indeed, our fellowship is with the Father and His Son, Yeshua the Messiah.
• 2 John 1:12Although I have much to write to you, I don’t want to do it with paper and ink. But I hope to come to you and speak face to face, so 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