The Coming Rejection

26 (A)“But when the [a]Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, (B)He will testify of Me. 27 And (C)you also will bear witness, because (D)you have been with Me from the beginning.

Jesus Warns and Comforts His Disciples

16 “These things I have spoken to you, that you (E)should not be made to stumble. (F)They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming (G)that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service. And (H)these things they will do [b]to you because they have not known the Father nor Me. But these things I have told you, that when [c]the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them.

“And these things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

Footnotes

  1. John 15:26 Comforter, Gr. Parakletos
  2. John 16:3 NU, M omit to you
  3. John 16:4 NU their

26 “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father—that one will testify about me. 27 And you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

Persecution of Disciples Predicted

16 “I have said these things to you so that you will not fall away. They will expel you from the synagogue,[a] but an hour is coming that everyone who kills you will think they are offering service to God. And they will do these things because they do not know the Father or me. But I have said these things to you so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you about them.

Jesus’ Departure and the Coming of the Holy Spirit

“And I have not said these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

Footnotes

  1. John 16:2 Literally “they will make you expelled from the synagogue”