JOHN 16:6

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

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John 16:6 Translation & Meaning

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But ἀλλ' Properly, other things, i.e., (adverbially) contrariwise (in many relations) But
because ὅτι Demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because because
I have said λελάληκα To talk, i.e., utter words said
these things ταῦτα These things these things
unto you, ὑμῖν To (with or by) you unto you
sorrow λύπη Sadness sorrow
hath filled πεπλήρωκεν To make replete, i.e., (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute (an office), finish (a period or task), verify (or coincide with a prediction), etc filled
your ὑμῶν Of (from or concerning) you your
heart. καρδίαν The heart, i.e., (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle heart

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  • 4  But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.

  • 5  But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?

  • 6  But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.

  • 7  Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

  • 8  And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:




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