16: 2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yes, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.
16: 3 And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
16: 4 But these things have I spoken unto you, that when their hour is come, ye may remember them, how that I told you. And these things I said not unto you from the beginning, because I was with you.
16: 5 But now I go unto him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
16: 6 But because I have spoken these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
16: 7 Nevertheless 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 unto you; but if I go, I will send him unto you.
16: 8 And that one, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
16: 9 of sin, because they believe not on me;
16: 10 of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye behold me no more:
16: 11 of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.
16: 12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
16: 13 Howbeit when that one, the spirit of truth, is come, 204it shall guide you into all the truth: for it shall not speak from itself; but what things soever it shall hear, these shall it speak: and it shall declare unto you the things that are to come.
204Or, he (many times in vss. 13-15), if the antecedent is taken to be that one, or the Comforter (ο παρακλητος, Paraclete) in vs. 7, rather than the spirit (το πνευμα, pneuma) in vs. 13. Compare ch. 14:26.
16: 14 That one shall glorify me: for he shall take of mine, and shall declare it unto you.
16: 15 All things whatsoever the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he taketh of mine, and shall declare it unto you.
16: 16 A little while, and ye behold me no more; and again a little while, and ye shall see me.
16: 17 Some of his disciples therefore said one to another, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye behold me not; and again a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?
16: 18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he saith.
16: 19 Jesus perceived that they were desirous to ask him, and he said unto them, Do ye inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, A little while, and ye behold me not, and again a little while, and ye shall see me?
16: 20 Truly, truly, I say unto you, that ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
16: 21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but when she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for the joy that a man is born into the world.
16: 22 And ye therefore now have sorrow: but I will see you again, and you heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one taketh away from you.
16: 23 And in that day ye shall 205ask me no question. Truly, truly, I say unto you, If ye shall ask anything of the Father, he will give it you in my name.
205Or, ask me nothing. Cf. vs. 26; ch. 14:13, 20.
16: 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.
16: 25 These things have I spoken unto you in 206dark sayings: the hour cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in dark sayings, but shall tell you plainly of the Father.
206Or, parables: (both times)
16: 26 In that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will 207pray the Father for you;
207Gk. make request of
16: 27 for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from 208God.
208So p5ℵ*,b 33 θ (ψ ℵ 1241 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss.), sys vg ite arm. B(ℵa) LC* copsa,pbo,bo,(ach2) read the Father.
16: 28 I came out of the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go unto the Father.
16: 29 His disciples say, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no 209dark saying.
209Or, parable.
16: 30 Now know we that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
16: 31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe?
16: 32 Behold, the hour cometh, yes, is come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
16: 33 These things have I spoken unto you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
