16:1  I HAVE told you all these things, so that you should not be offended (taken unawares and falter, or be caused to stumble and fall away). [I told you to keep you from being scandalized and repelled.]

16:2  They will put you out of (expel you from) the synagogues; but an hour is coming when whoever kills you will think {and} claim that he has offered service to God.

16:3  And they will do this because they have not known the Father or Me.

16:4  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.

16:5  But now I am going to Him Who sent Me, yet none of you asks Me, Where are You going?

16:6  But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts [taken complete possession of them].

16:7  However, I am telling you nothing but the truth when I say it is profitable (good, expedient, advantageous) for you that I go away. Because if I do not go away, the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby) will not come to you [into close fellowship with you]; but if I go away, I will send Him to you [to be in close fellowship with you].

16:8  And when He comes, He will convict {and} convince the world {and} bring demonstration to it about sin and about righteousness (uprightness of heart and right standing with God) and about judgment:

16:9  About sin, because they do not believe in Me [trust in, rely on, and adhere to Me];

16:10  About righteousness (uprightness of heart and right standing with God), because I go to My Father, and you will see Me no longer;

16:11  About judgment, because the ruler (evil genius, prince) of this world [Satan] is judged {and} condemned {and} sentence already is passed upon him.

16:12  I have still many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them {or} to take them upon you {or} to grasp them now.

16:13  But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). For He will not speak His own message [on His own authority]; but He will tell whatever He hears [from the Father; He will give the message that has been given to Him], and He will announce {and} declare to you the things that are to come [that will happen in the future].

16:14  He will honor {and} glorify Me, because He will take of (receive, draw upon) what is Mine and will reveal (declare, disclose, transmit) it to you.

16:15  Everything that the Father has is Mine. That is what I meant when I said that He [the Spirit] will take the things that are Mine and will reveal (declare, disclose, transmit) it to you.

16:16  In a little while you will no longer see Me, and again after a short while you will see Me.

16:17  So some of His disciples questioned among themselves, What does He mean when He tells us, In a little while you will no longer see Me, and again after a short while you will see Me, and, Because I go to My Father?

16:18  What does He mean by a little while? We do not know {or} understand what He is talking about.

16:19  Jesus knew that they wanted to ask Him, so He said to them, Are you wondering {and} inquiring among yourselves what I meant when I said, In a little while you will no longer see Me, and again after a short while you will see Me?

16:20  I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that you shall weep and grieve, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.

16:21  A woman, when she gives birth to a child, has grief (anguish, agony) because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she no longer remembers her pain (trouble, anguish) because she is so glad that a man (a child, a human being) has been born into the world.

16:22  So for the present you are also in sorrow (in distress and depressed); but I will see you again and [then] your hearts will rejoice, and no one can take from you your joy (gladness, delight).

16:23  And when that time comes, you will ask nothing of Me [you will need to ask Me no questions]. I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that My Father will grant you whatever you ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM].

16:24  Up to this time you have not asked a [single] thing in My Name [as presenting all that I AM]; but now ask {and} keep on asking and you will receive, so that your joy (gladness, delight) may be full {and} complete.

16:25  I have told you these things in parables (veiled language, allegories, dark sayings); the hour is now coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but I shall tell you about the Father in plain words {and} openly (without reserve).

16:26  At that time you will ask (pray) in My Name; and I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf [for it will be unnecessary].

16:27  For the Father Himself [tenderly] loves you because you have loved Me and have believed that I came out from the Father.

16:28  I came out from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father.

16:29  His disciples said, Ah, now You are speaking plainly to us and not in parables (veiled language and figures of speech)!

16:30  Now we know that You are acquainted with everything and have no need to be asked questions. Because of this we believe that you [really] came from God.

16:31  Jesus answered them, Do you now believe? [Do you believe it at last?]

16:32  But take notice, the hour is coming, and it has arrived, when you will all be dispersed {and} scattered, every man to his own home, leaving Me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.

16:33  I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace {and} confidence. In the world you have tribulation {and} trials {and} distress {and} frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.]