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John 16:1

These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.

KJV

Ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν ἵνα μὴ σκανδαλισθῆτε.

Greek NT

Hæc locutus sum vobis, ut non scandalizemini.

Vulgate

These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be caused to stumble.

ASV

These things have I spoken to you things have I spoken to you that you may not be scandalized.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

6 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
σκανδαλίζω
skandalizo
verb · 29×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 2:8 — And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed.
  • Acts 9:16 — For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
  • Acts 14:22 — Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
  • John 15:18 — If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
  • John 16:4 — But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
  • Luke 18:34 — And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken.
  • Mark 14:27 — And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.
  • Matt 10:27 — What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
  • Matt 13:21 — Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.
  • Matt 24:10 — And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
  • Matt 24:25 — Behold, I have told you before.
  • Matt 26:31 — Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
  • Rom 14:21 — It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.