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John 16:21 KJV
John · chapter 16 · verse 21
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.John 16:21 · King James Version
John 16:21 in context
19Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?
20Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
21A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
22And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
23And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- rememberethmnēmoneuōto be mindful of, to remember, to call to mind, to think of and feel for a person or…G3421 →
- deliveredgennaōof men who fathered children, to be born, to be begotten, of women giving birth to…G1080 →
- travailtiktōto bring forth, bear, produce , of a woman giving birth, of the earth bringing forth its…G5088 →
- anguishthlipsisa pressing, pressing together, pressure, metaph. oppression, affliction, tribulation…G2347 →
- sorrowlypēsorrow, pain, grief, annoyance, affliction, of persons mourningG3077 →
- womangynēa woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow, a wife, of a betrothed womanG1135 →
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Our Lord Jesus, for the comfort of his sorrowful disciples, here promises that he would visit them again. I. Observe the intimation he gave them of the comfort he designed them, Joh 16:16. Here he tells them, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-22