John 16:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.

John 16:1 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 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.
Matthew 26:31-33
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. …
Matthew 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.
John 15:18-27
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.

Topics

Accusation, False Afflictions and Adversities Bigotry Faith Intolerance, Religious Martyrdom Offenses Persecution

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-6)

Christ dealt faithfully with his disciples when he sent them forth on his errands, for he told them the worst of it, that they might sit down and count the cost. He had told them in the chapter before to expect the world’s hatred; now here in these verses, I. He gives them a reason why he alarmed them thus with the expectation of trouble: These things have I spoken unto you, that you should not be…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Joh 16:1-33. Discourse at the Supper Table Concluded. 1-5. These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended--both the warnings and the encouragements just given.