Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
<< John 16:3 John 16:5 >>
John 16:4
these things I said not . . . at—from.
the beginning—He had said it pretty early (Luke 6:22), but not quite as in John 16:2.
because I was with you.
John 16:1-5
DISCOURSE AT THE SUPPER TABLE CONCLUDED. (John 16:1-33)
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended—both the warnings and the encouragements just given.
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