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John 16:22-23 KJV
John · chapter 16 · verses 22–23
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.John 16:22-23 · King James Version
John 16:22-23 in context
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.
24Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.
25These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Peter 1:8
- John 15:7
- John 14:13-14
- Matthew 21:22
- Isaiah 65:24
- 1 John 5:14-16
- Matthew 7:7
- John 16:26
- John 14:20
Key words (Strong's)
- Whatsoeverhososas great as, as far as, how much, how many, whoeverG3745 →
- Whatsoeveranhas no exact English equivalent, see definitions under AVG302 →
- rejoicechairōto rejoice, be glad, to rejoice exceedingly, to be well, thrive, in salutations, hail!…G5463 →
- nothingoudeisno one, nothingG3762 →
- sorrowlypēsorrow, pain, grief, annoyance, affliction, of persons mourningG3077 →
- takethairōto raise up, elevate, lift up, to raise from the ground, take up stones, to raise…G142 →
- Verilyamēnfirm, metaph. faithful, verily, amen, at the beginning of a discourseG281 →
- Fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
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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