20Verily, 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.
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My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. …
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. …
And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 16-22)Our Lord Jesus, for the comfort of his sorrowful disciples, here promises that he would visit them again. I. Observe the intimation he gave them of the comfort he designed them, John 16:16. Here he tells them, 1. That they should now shortly lose the sight of him: A little while, and you that have seen me so long, and still desire to see me, shall not see me ; and therefore, if they had any good q…
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