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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.

KJV

ἀλλὰ ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν ἵνα ὅταν ἔλθῃ ἡ ὥρα μνημονεύητε αὐτῶν, ὅτι ἐγὼ εἶπον ὑμῖν. ταῦτα δὲ ὑμῖν ἐξ ἀρχῆς οὐκ εἶπον, ὅτι μεθ’ ὑμῶν ἤμην.

Greek NT

Sed hæc locutus sum vobis, ut cum venerit hora eorum, reminiscamini quia ego dixi vobis.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

But these things I have told you, that when the hour shall come, you may remember that I told you of them.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
μνημονεύω
mnemoneuo
verb · 21×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ἀλλά
alla
conjunction · 636×
ἀρχή
arche
noun · 56×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἵνα
ina
conjunction · 665×
o
article · 19778×
ὅταν
otan
conjunction · 123×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὥρα
ora
noun · 106×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

trivial
SBLGNT: αὐτῶν | WH/Treg/NA: αὐτῶν
  • αὐτῶνSBLGNT
  • αὐτῶνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27
source: sblgnt-apparatus
trivial
SBLGNT: αὐτῶν | WH/Treg/NA/RP: αὐτῶν
  • αὐτῶνSBLGNT
  • αὐτῶνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Nestle-Aland 27, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

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

1. Nothing is wont so to cast down the soul that is anguished and possessed by deep despondency, as when words which cause pain are continually dwelt upon. Why then did Christ, after saying, I go, and, Hereafter I will not speak with you, continually dwell on the same subject, saying, A little while, and you shall not see Me, because I go to Him that sent Me? When He had recove…
2. And God has set some in the Church: first apostles, secondly prophets, thirdly teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, various kinds of tongues. Thus what I spoke of before, this also he now does. Because they thought highly of themselves in respect of the tongues he sets it last every where. For the terms, first and secondly, are not used by him…

Cross-references

  • 2Pet 1:14 — Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
  • 2Thess 2:5 — Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
  • Acts 9:16 — For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
  • Acts 11:16 — Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
  • Hos 5:9 — Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
  • Isa 41:22 — Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come.
  • John 2:22 — When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
  • John 12:16 — These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him.
  • John 13:19 — Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
  • John 13:19 — Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
  • John 14:2 — In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
  • John 14:29 — And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
  • John 14:29 — And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
  • John 16:1 — These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
  • John 17:12 — While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
  • Luke 5:35 — But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
  • Luke 21:12 — But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake.
  • Luke 22:10 — And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.
  • Luke 24:44 — And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the
  • Mark 2:19 — And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.
  • Mark 13:23 — But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.
  • Matt 9:15 — And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they
  • Matt 10:7 — And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
  • Matt 24:25 — Behold, I have told you before.
  • Matt 28:7 — And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.