"But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart." — John 16:6

John 16:6 · KJV

“But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.”

— John 16:6

But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

John 16 — Context

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.

But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: {reprove: or, convince}

Cross References

John 16:20-22

Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

Luke 24:17

And he said unto them, What manner of communications {are} these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad?

John 20:11-15

But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, {and looked} into the sepulchre,

John 14:1

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

John 14:27-28

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Luke 22:45

And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow,