John 16:4 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you of them. “I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

But I have told you these things now, so that when they occur you will remember that I told you of them. I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

American Standard Version (1901)

But these things have I spoken unto you, that when their hour is come, ye may remember them, how that I told you. And these things I said not unto you from the beginning, because I was with you.

Common English Bible

But I have said these things to you so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. “I didn’t say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

But these things I have spoken to you, so that, when the hour for these things will have arrived, you may remember that I told you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But these things I have told you, that when the hour shall come, you may remember that I told you of them.

John 16:4 Cross References

Matthew 10:7

And preach as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’

Matthew 24:25

Lo, I have told you beforehand.

Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come, when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Mark 13:23

But take heed; I have told you all things beforehand.

Mark 2:19

And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

Luke 1:2

just as they were delivered to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word,

John 13:19

I tell you this now, before it takes place, that when it does take place you may believe that I am he.

John 14:29

And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place, you may believe.

Acts 9:16

for I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.”

2 Thessalonians 2:5

Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you this?

2 Peter 1:14

since I know that the putting off of my body will be soon, as our Lord Jesus Christ showed me.