Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 16

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John 16 . 1 , Christ comforts his disciples by the promise of the Holy Ghost , and his ascension; John 16 . 23 , assures their prayers made in his name to be acceptable; John 16 . 33 , Peace in Christ , and in the world affliction.

John 16:1

“I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.

John 16:1 · BSB

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John 16:2

They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.

John 16:2 · BSB

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John 16:3

They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.

John 16:3 · BSB

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John 16:4

But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

John 16:4 · BSB

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John 16:5

Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

John 16:5 · BSB

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John 16:6

Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.

John 16:6 · BSB

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John 16 . 20-22

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John 16:7

But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.

John 16:7 · BSB

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John 16:8

And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:

John 16:8 · BSB

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John 16:9

in regard to sin, because they do not believe in Me;

John 16:9 · BSB

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John 3 . 18-21

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John 16:10

in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see Me;

John 16:10 · BSB

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John 16:11

and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.

John 16:11 · BSB

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John 16:12

I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.

John 16:12 · BSB

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John 16:13

However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.

John 16:13 · BSB

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John 16:14

He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.

John 16:14 · BSB

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John 16:15

Everything that belongs to the Father is Mine. That is why I said that the Spirit will take from what is Mine and disclose it to you.

John 16:15 · BSB

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John 16:16

In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me.”

John 16:16 · BSB

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John 16:17

Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”

John 16:17 · BSB

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John 16:18

They kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.”

John 16:18 · BSB

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John 16:19

Aware that they wanted to question Him, Jesus said to them, “Are you asking one another why I said, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’?

John 16:19 · BSB

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John 16:20

Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.

John 16:20 · BSB

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John 16:21

A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.

John 16:21 · BSB

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John 16:22

So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.

John 16:22 · BSB

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John 16:23

In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.

John 16:23 · BSB

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John 16:24

Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

John 16:24 · BSB

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John 16:25

I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

John 16:25 · BSB

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John 16:26

In that day you will ask in My name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

John 16:26 · BSB

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John 16:27

For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.

John 16:27 · BSB

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John 16:28

I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”

John 16:28 · BSB

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John 16:29

His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.

John 16:29 · BSB

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John 16:30

Now we understand that You know all things and that You have no need for anyone to question You. Because of this, we believe that You came from God.”

John 16:30 · BSB

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John 16:31

“Do you finally believe?” Jesus replied.

John 16:31 · BSB

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John 16:32

“Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

John 16:32 · BSB

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John 16:33

I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”

John 16:33 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web18 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions John 16:20-21 → Jeremiah 31:13, John 16:21 → Isaiah 26:16-21, John 16:32 → Zechariah 13:7, John 16:7-11 → Isaiah 11:1-10
Echoes John 16:13 → Psalms 25:4-5, John 16:16-19 → Isaiah 10:25, John 16:2 → Isaiah 39:6, John 16:25 → Sirach 39:3, John 16:28 → Isaiah 55:10-11, John 16:33 → Psalms 50:6
Trajectories
Priestly Teaching (Torah Instruction), Return from Exile (Restoration and Hope), Shepherd (Divine Shepherd Christology), Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding, Urim and Thummim (Divine Guidance and Perfect Light)
Chiasms
Shaped John 15:18–16:04, John 16:05–15, John 16:16–33
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