Truly,truly i say to you
John 16:16-22
mourning and rejoicing
#rejoice
#truth
Published September 19th, 2020
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Main point summary
Truly,truly i say to you that you will mourn now but will rejoice later.
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John 16:16-22
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a “A little while,
[Jesus said]a little while,
and you will see me no longer;
and you will no longer see me;
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and b again a little while,
and again a little while,
and you will see me.”
and you will see me."
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So c some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, d ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, e ‘because I am going to the Father’?”
that some of his disciples began asking one another,"What is this that he says to us,'A little while,and you will not see me,and again a little while,and you will see me';and,'because I am going to the Father'?"
So they were saying, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’?
meaning they were saying "What does he mean by 'a little while'?
f We do not know what he is talking about.”
because we do not know he is talking about."
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g Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him,
but since Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him,
so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves,
therefore he said to them,"is this what you are asking among yourselves,
what I meant by saying, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’?
about what i meant by saying,'A little while and you will not see me,and again a little while and you will see me'?
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Truly, truly, I say to you,
Truly,truly,I say to you
h you will weep and lament,
that you will weep and lament,
but i the world will rejoice.
but the world will rejoice.
You will be sorrowful,
and you will be sorrowful,
but j your sorrow will turn into joy.
but your sorrow will turn into joy.
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k When a woman is giving birth,
meaning like when a woman is giving birth,
she has sorrow
she has birthpains
because her hour has come,
because her hour of delivery has come,
but when she has delivered the baby,
but when she has delivered the baby,
she no longer remembers the anguish,
she no longer remembers the anguish,
for joy that a human being has been born into the world.
because of the joy that a human being has been born into the world.
l So also you have sorrow now,
therefore,even though you will have sorrow,pain for now
but m I will see you again,
but i will see you again,
and n your hearts will rejoice,
and your hearts will rejoice
and no one will take your joy from you.
and no one will take your joy from you.
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