John 15:26-27
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26 “When the Advocate comes whom I will send[a] you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me.(A) 27 And you also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.(B)
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John 16:1-4
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Chapter 16
1 “I have told you this so that you may not fall away. 2 They will expel you from the synagogues; in fact, the hour[a] is coming when everyone who kills you will think he is offering worship to God.(A) 3 They will do this because they have not known either the Father or me.(B) 4 I have told you this so that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you.(C)
Jesus’ Departure; Coming of the Advocate.[b] “I did not tell you this from the beginning, because I was with you.
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- 16:2 Hour: of persecution, not Jesus’ “hour” (see note on Jn 2:4).
- 16:4b–33 A duplicate of Jn 14:1–31 on departure and return.
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