John 16:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

That when

Because

John 17:12

Matthew 9:15

Mark 2:19

General references

Luke 22:10

John 16:1

Bible References

That when

"From this time forward, I tell you before it comes to pass, that when it is come to pass you may believe who I am.

"And now I tell you this before it happens, so that when it does happen you may believe.

"As you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'

See, I have forewarned you! So if they say to you,

Be on your guard! I have told you it all beforehand.

"But before all these things happen, they will apprehend you and persecute you and deliver you to the synagogues and to prisons, and bring you before kings and governors for the sake of my name.

"for I am going to show him all he has to suffer for the sake of my name."

except that in city after city the Holy Spirit is warning me that bonds and afflictions are awaiting me.

since I know that the time for me to strike tent comes swiftly on, even as our Lord Jesus Christ pointed out to me.

Because

While I was with them I kept them by the power of thy name which thou hast given me. I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.

"Can the friends fast at a wedding-feast," said Jesus, "so long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom has been taken from them, and then they will fast.

"Can friends of the bridegroom fast while he is still with them?" asked Jesus. "As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

General references

He answered. "No sooner will you have entered the city than you will meet a man carrying a water-jug. Follow him into the house were he is going.

"I have told you all this so that you may not stumble.