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Text -- John 16:1-12 (NET)
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16:1 “I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away .
16:2 They will put put you out of the synagogue , yet a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God .
16:3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me .
16:4 But I have told you these things so that when their time comes , you will remember that I told you about them . “I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you .
16:5 But now I am going to the one who sent me , and not one of you is asking me , ‘Where are you going ?’
16:6 Instead your hearts are filled with sadness because I have said these things to you .
16:7 But I tell you the truth , it is to your advantage that I am going away . For if I do not go away , the Advocate will not come to you , but if I go , I will send him to you .
16:8 And when he comes , he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment –
16:9 concerning sin , because they do not believe in me ;
16:10 concerning righteousness , because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer ;
16:11 and concerning judgment , because the ruler of this world has been condemned .
16:12 “I have many more things to say to you , but you cannot cannot bear them now .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Dictionary Themes and Topics:
John, Gospel of |
Jesus, The Christ |
APOSTLE |
Holy Spirit |
Holy Ghost |
HOLY SPIRIT, 2 |
JOHANNINE THEOLOGY, 1 |
Conviction |
ASCENSION |
Persecution |
Resurrection of Christ |
Satan |
Conscience |
God |
Blindness |
JOHANNINE THEOLOGY, 2 |
Temptation |
Unbelief |
COMFORTER |
Trouble |
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NET Notes -> Joh 16:1; Joh 16:1; Joh 16:2; Joh 16:2; Joh 16:2; Joh 16:2; Joh 16:3; Joh 16:3; Joh 16:4; Joh 16:4; Joh 16:4; Joh 16:4; Joh 16:5; Joh 16:5; Joh 16:6; Joh 16:7; Joh 16:8; Joh 16:8; Joh 16:8; Joh 16:8; Joh 16:9; Joh 16:9; Joh 16:10; Joh 16:10; Joh 16:11; Joh 16:11; Joh 16:11; Joh 16:11; Joh 16:12; Joh 16:12
NET Notes: Joh 16:1 In Johannine thought the verb σκανδαλίζω (skandalizw) means to trip up disciples and cause them to f...
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NET Notes: Joh 16:2 Jesus now refers not to the time of his return to the Father, as he has frequently done up to this point, but to the disciples’ time of persecut...
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NET Notes: Joh 16:3 Ignorance of Jesus and ignorance of the Father are also linked in 8:19; to know Jesus would be to know the Father also, but since the world does not k...
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NET Notes: Joh 16:4 This verse serves as a transition between the preceding discussion of the persecutions the disciples will face in the world after the departure of Jes...
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NET Notes: Joh 16:5 Now none of the disciples asks Jesus where he is going, and the reason is given in the following verse: They have been overcome with sadness as a resu...
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NET Notes: Joh 16:9 Here (v. 9) the world is proven guilty concerning sin, and the reason given is their refusal to believe in Jesus. In 3:19 the effect of Jesus coming i...
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