What does John 16:3 mean? Jesus is warning His followers that persecution will come (John 16:1), and it may become brutally violent (John 16:2).

Jesus lovingly gives His disciples – both then and now – a heavenly heads up to keep us from falling into the trap of the enemy through our sufferings.

Jesus warned His disciples of coming opposition because He did not want them to be surprised and stumbled by it.

(1.) You will find them really cruel: They will kill you. Christ's sheep have been accounted as sheep for the slaughter; the twelve apostles (we are told) were ...

All this I have told you so that you will not fall away. They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills.

In verse 16 Jesus speaks of a brief period of separation to be followed by a reunion between Himself and the disciples whom He loves and who love Him. In verse ...

The gracious words of the Lord Jesus are light and life, health and wholeness, truth and love, and they are words of great comfort for all His children.

He is probably referring to the time following His resurrection and ascension when He via the Spirit would help the disciples understand the meaning of what He ...

6 сент. 2024 г. · This verse serves as a transition between the preceding discussion of the persecutions the disciples will face in the world after the departure ...

1. that if Christians were left to themselves they would fall away and perish. · 2. that God affords means and helps beforehand to keep them in the path of duty.