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They will do this because they have not known either the Father or me.(A) I have told you this so that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you.(B)

Jesus’ Departure; Coming of the Advocate.[a] “I did not tell you this from the beginning, because I was with you. But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you asks me,[b] ‘Where are you going?’(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 16:4b–33 A duplicate of Jn 14:1–31 on departure and return.
  2. 16:5 Not one of you asks me: the difficulty of reconciling this with Simon Peter’s question in Jn 13:36 and Thomas’ words in Jn 14:5 strengthens the supposition that the last discourse has been made up of several collections of Johannine material.

They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me.(A) I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember(B) that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you,(C) but now I am going to him who sent me.(D) None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’(E)

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