John 16:28
I came out from the Father (echlqon ek tou patrov). Definite act (aorist), the Incarnation, with repetition of ek (out of), while in verse John 16:27 we have para tou patrov echlqon) with no practical distinction between ek and para in resultant idea.
Am come (elhluqa). Perfect active indicative of erxomai, as in John 18:37. The Incarnation is now a permanent fact, once only a blessed hope (John 11:27). His leaving the world and going to the Father does not set aside the fact of the Incarnation. Both afihmi (I leave) and poreuomai (I go) are futuristic present indicatives.
