John Chapter 16 verse 1 Holy Bible
These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be caused to stumble.
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I have said these things to you so that you may not be in doubt.
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These things I have spoken unto you that ye may not be offended.
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These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.
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"These things have I spoken to you, so that you wouldn't be caused to stumble.
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`These things I have spoken to you, that ye may not be stumbled,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 1-6. - (c) The bitter issues of the hostility of the world. Verse 1. - These things. What things? Primarily the explanation he had given of the opposition and hatred of the world, and the vast consolation which he had promised in the identification of the disciples with himself, and the witness which would be borne by the Paraclete; but not exclusively, for they include all the preparatory instructions based on his own Person, his going to the Father, his return in the power of the Spirit. Have I spoken to you, that ye should not be offended; that you should not be made to fall over the stumbling block of persecution, and the refusal of the people to hear your message concerning me. For the moment he passes over the terrible stumbling and falling of that very night, whose shadows were deepening as the hours moved on, and he anticipated their future temptations and the source of their ultimate heroism.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(1) These things have I spoken unto you.--Comp. Note on John 15:17. Here, too, the reference is to the things which he had just said (John 16:17-27). He had foretold them of the hatred of the world and also of the witness of the Spirit.That ye should not be offended.--Comp. Matthew 11:6; Matthew 13:21; Matthew 24:10, et al. In St. John the word occurs only here and in John 6:61. . . .
