28I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God;
Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 28-33)Two things Christ here comforts his disciples with:— I. With an assurance that, though he was leaving the world, he was returning to his Father, from whom he came forth John 16:28-32, where we have, 1. A plain declaration of Christ’s mission from the Father, and his return to him (John 16:28): I came forth from the Father, and am come , as you see, into the world. Again, I leave the world , as you…
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