John 16:4 Cross References - AUV

⁴ But I have told you these things so that, when the time comes [for people to do such things], you will remember that I had warned you. I did not tell you them at the beginning [of my ministry] because I was with you [i.e., to protect you from persecution].

¹⁵ Jesus said to them, “Can the groomsmen act sadly while the groom is still with them? But the time will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

⁷ And preach as you go, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.’

²⁵ You see, I have told you [all this] ahead of time.

¹⁹ Jesus answered them, “Can the companions of the groom fast while the groom is still with them? As long as they have the groom with them they cannot fast.

²³ But pay attention, for I have told you [all this] ahead of time.

¹² But before all these things happen, the authorities will grab hold of you, and persecute you, and turn you over to the synagogues and prisons [i.e., for punishment and confinement]. They will take you in front of kings and governors for being loyal to me. ¹³ It will result in [an opportunity for] witnessing to them.

¹⁹ I am telling you this now, [even] before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe that I am [the Messiah].

²⁹ Now I have told you this, even before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe [in me].

¹² I protected them while I was with them by [the power of] your name which you gave me. [See verse 11]. I guarded them so that not one of them was lost except the “son of destruction” [i.e., Judas]. [This was] so that the Scripture would be fulfilled [Psa. 41:9 ?]. ¹³ But now I am coming to you, and I am speaking these things [while still] in the world, so that they [i.e., the apostles] may have my joy within them in all its fullness.

¹⁶ I will show him how many things he will have to suffer for my name's sake."

²³ except that the Holy Spirit reveals to me in every city [I visit] that chains and persecutions await me there. ²⁴ But I do not consider my life to be of value, as precious to me, [when compared to the importance of] accomplishing my task and the mission I received from the Lord Jesus to declare the good news of God's unearned favor [through Christ].

¹⁴ knowing that [I will] soon put off my “tent” [i.e., I will soon die], even as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me.