John 16:4 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴ But I have told you these things so that, when the time comes [for people to do such things], you will remember that I had warned you. I did not tell you them at the beginning [of my ministry] because I was with you [i.e., to protect you from persecution].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ 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)

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

⁴ 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

⁴ 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 near.’

Matthew 24:25

You see, I have told you [all this] ahead of time.

Matthew 9:15

Jesus said to them, “Can the groomsmen act sadly while the groom is still with them? But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

Mark 13:23

But pay attention, for I have told you [all this] ahead of time.

Mark 2:19

Jesus answered them, “Can the companions of the groom fast while the groom is still with them? As long as they have the groom with them they cannot fast.

Luke 1:2

[that is, people] who were ministers of the word and original eyewitnesses [of these events], and who passed them on to us; [and since]

John 13:19

I am telling you this now, [even] before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe that I am [the Messiah].

John 14:29

Now I have told you this, even before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe [in me].

Acts 9:16

I will show him how many things he will have to suffer for my name's sake.”

2 Thessalonians 2:5

Do you not remember that I used to tell you these things when I was still with you?

2 Peter 1:14

knowing that [I will] soon put off my “tent” [i.e., I will soon die], even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.