John 16:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• John 16:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Now I go my way - Now I am about to die and leave you, and it is proper to announce all these things to you. None of you asketh me ... - They gave themselves up to grief instead of inquiring...

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• John 16:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  John 16. There is no break between chs. 15 and 16. Jesus has told them beforehand, so that His death and their suffering may not daunt their faith, as the Baptist was offended by the course of the...

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• John 16:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  now . Greek. nun. See John 12:27 . go My way . am going away: i.e. withdrawing. to . Greek. pros. App-104. Him That sent Me . See on John 14:24 . sent. Greek. pempo. App-174. none...

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• John 16:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  5. And now I go to him who sent me. By a very excellent consolation he assuages the grief which they might feel on account of his departure, and this was highly necessary. They who had hithe...

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• John 16:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? None of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? - In John 13:3 , Peter had asked, Lord, thither goest thou? - and T...

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• John 16:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  But now I go my way— "But now that my ministry is drawing towards a conclusion, and I am going to him that sent me, I could no longer defer speaking of these things to you. In the mean time I canno...

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• John 16:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? But now I go my way to him that sent me. While He was with them the world's hatred was directed chiefly...

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• John 16:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Resurrection and Ascension of Christ Will Prove the Disciples' Comfort in Time of Persecution 1-6. The Persecution of the Apostles predicted. This section repeats many of the ideas of the prev...

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• John 16:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  But now I go my way to him that sent me. — (Comp. John 13:1 ; John 14:12 .) The work of His apostleship on earth was drawing to its close, and He was about to return to the Father from whom He ha...

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• John 16:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  XIV. THE SPIRIT CHRIST'S WITNESS. "If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated Me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of...

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• John 16:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Work of the Spirit John 16:1-11 We gain by our losses. It was expedient for the disciples that the Lord should go, because the Spirit's presence was contingent upon His absence. The text ne...

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• John 16:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Throughout these discourses our Lord was preparing His disciples for all that He saw coming to them. He told them that they would have sorrow resulting from their suffering. Because of this, it was n...

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• John 16:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. (2) They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God servic...

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• John 16:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  CHRIST’S SORROWFUL SURPRISE ‘None of you asketh Me, Whither goest Thou?’ John 16:5 As we think over these words, spoken by our Lord on the night before He died, we may seem to discern through...

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• John 16:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  But now I go my way to him that sent me ,.... These words seem to belong to John 16:4 , and to contain a reason why Christ spoke of the trials and afflictions of his disciples now, because he was g...

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• John 16:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? Ver. 5. None of you asketh me, &c. ] This they had asked him, but not as well paid of his going; this h...

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• John 16:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  But these things have I told you And forewarned you of them; that when the time shall come In which they shall happen; ye may remember that I told you of them And so may turn what has so discou...

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• John 16:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  All that the Lord spoke on that memorable night was intended for the preparation of His disciples for what would face them in view of His death, resurrection and return to the glory. There would be s...

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• John 16:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Persecution Foretold; The Expediency of Christ's Departure.       1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended....

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• John 16:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Though I did not tell you this from the beginning, for many wise reasons; yet I now tell you, that I must die, but shall rise again from the dead, and go to my Father who sent me into the world to fi...

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• John 16:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  “And these things I did not say to you from the beginning because I was with you, but now I am going to him who sent me. And none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?' But because I have spoken thes...

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• John 16:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES Chap. John 15:27 . The Spirit does not teach historical facts, but reveals their true meaning. Hence the apostolic testimony and the testimony of the Spirit form bu...

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• John 16:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 16:1-3 . These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doet...

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• John 16:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 16:1 . These things have I spoken, that ye should not be offended, so as to stumble and shrink back from the cause in which you are engaged. Expulsion from the synagogue was to a jew next to...

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• John 16:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

  These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended Christ’s reasons for present speech and former silence I. OUR LORD’S LOVING REASON FOR HIS SPEECH. 1. The two statements o...

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• John 16:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION John 16:1-43 (c) The bitter issues of the hostility of the world . John 16:1 These things . What things? Primarily the explanation he had given of the opposition and hat...

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• John 16:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  But now I go My way to Him that sent Me; and none of you asketh Me, Whither goest Thou?

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• John 16:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  John 14:1 ; John 14:27 ; John 14:28 ; John 16:20-22 ; John 20:11-15 ; Luke 22:45 ; Luke 24:17

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• John 16:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Holy Spirit Chapter John 16:1-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The sixteenth chapter of John contains a part of our Lord's last message before He went out to Gethsemane and on to the Cross. The disci...

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• John 16:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  None of you asketh me — Now when it is most seasonable. Peter did ask this before, John 13:36 .

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