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John 16:28 KJV
John · chapter 16 · verse 28
I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.John 16:28 · King James Version
John 16:28 in context
26At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:
27For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
28I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
29His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.
30Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- Fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- forthexerchomaito go or come forth of, with mention of the place out of which one goes, or the point…G1831 →
- worldkosmosan apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order, government, ornament…G2889 →
- leaveaphiēmito send away, to bid going away or depart, of a husband divorcing his wife, to send…G863 →
- comeerchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
- goporeuōto lead over, carry over, transfer, to pursue the journey on which one has entered, to…G4198 →
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Two things Christ here comforts his disciples with: - I. With an assurance that, though he was leaving the world, he was returning to his Father, from whom he came forth Joh 16:28-32, where we have, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 28-33