1 ARST I told you about these things that will happen so that you would continue trusting in me{ when they do happen}. BSB BSB: “I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.
2 ARST The Jews who oppose me will ban you from entering the Jewish meeting places. Yet{ something even worse will happen.} The time is coming when all the people who will kill you will think that they are pleasing God by doing so. BSB BSB: They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.
3 ARST They will do such things because they have never known who I really am, nor who my Father is. BSB BSB: They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
4 ARST I have told you about these things that will happen in order that when they happen, you will remember that I told you they would happen. I did not tell you about them in the very first days when I began my work, because I was with you then. BSB BSB: But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
5 ARST “Now I am going back to my Father who sent me. Yet now none of you is asking me where I am going! BSB BSB: Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’
6 ARST You are very sad because I have told you these things. BSB BSB: Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.
8 ARST When that one who will help comes, he will convict people in the world of the sins{ they have committed}.{ He will convict them} of not being righteous, and{ he will convict} them that God will judge them. BSB BSB: And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:
9 ARST { He will convict people} of their sin, because they have sinned by not trusting in me. BSB BSB: in regard to sin, because they do not believe in Me;
10 ARST { He will convict people} of not being righteous, because I am going back to my Father, and you will no longer see me{ as the example of how to be righteous}. BSB BSB: in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see Me;
11 ARST { He will convict people} that God will judge them, because he has condemned{ Satan, who is} the one who rules this world. BSB BSB: and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.
12 ARST I want to tell you many more things. However, if I tell you now, you will not be able to accept them. BSB BSB: I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
14 ARST The Holy Spirit will show how great I am by telling you what he has heard from me. BSB BSB: He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.
15 ARST Everything my Father has belongs to me. That is why I said that the Holy Spirit will tell you what he has heard from me. BSB BSB: Everything that belongs to the Father is Mine. That is why I said that the Spirit will take from what is Mine and disclose it to you.
16 ARST After a short time you will not see me, and after a short time, you will see me again.” BSB BSB: In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me.”
17 ARST Some of his disciples then asked one another,“What does Jesus mean when he says to us,‘After a short time you will not see me, and after a short time, you will see me again’? And{ what does he mean when he says},‘Because I am going back to my Father’?” BSB BSB: Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”
18 ARST So they kept asking,“What does‘after a short time’ mean? We do not understand what he is saying.” BSB BSB: They kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.”
19 ARST Jesus recognized that his disciples wanted to ask him more questions. So he said to them,“You are asking each other what I meant when I said,‘After a short time you will not see me, and after a short time, you will see me again.’ BSB BSB: Aware that they wanted to question Him, Jesus said to them, “Are you asking one another why I said, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’?
20 ARST I am telling you the truth: You will cry and mourn, but the people who oppose God in the world will rejoice. You will be very sad, but you will change from being sad to being joyful. BSB BSB: Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
21 ARST A woman experiences pain when she gives birth to a child, because it is the time for her to give birth. Yet she forgets that she suffered after she has given birth to the child, because she is joyful about the fact that she has brought a human being into the world. BSB BSB: A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.
22 ARST In the same way, although you are sad at this time, I will see you again, and you will rejoice, and no one will stop you from rejoicing. BSB BSB: So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
23 ARST When you see me again, you will not ask me anything. I am telling you the truth: My Father will give you whatever you request from him as my representatives. BSB BSB: In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
24 ARST Up to now you have not requested anything{ from my Father} as my representatives. Request{ anything from my Father} and you will receive{ whatever you request}. God will give it to you in order that you may be joyful to the greatest degree. BSB BSB: Until now you have not asked for anything in My name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
25 ARST I have told you these things using figurative language, but there will soon be a time when I will not use that kind of language to speak with you anymore. Rather, I will tell you about my Father using language that you can easily understand. BSB BSB: I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
26 ARST When you see me again, you will request{ anything from God} as my representatives, and I will not have to ask my Father on your behalf, BSB BSB: In that day you will ask in My name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.
27 ARST because my Father himself loves you because you love me and trust that I came here from God. BSB BSB: For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.
28 ARST I came from my Father and entered this world. Again I tell you that I will leave this world and go back to my Father.” BSB BSB: I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”
29 ARST His disciples responded,“Finally! Now you are using language that we can easily understand and not using figurative language. BSB BSB: His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.
30 ARST Now we understand that you know everything. There is no need for anyone to ask you questions{ because you already know what that person will ask}. This is why we trust that you came here from God.” BSB BSB: Now we understand that You know all things and that You have no need for anyone to question You. Because of this, we believe that You came from God.”
31 ARST Jesus replied to them,“Now you finally trust me! BSB BSB: “Do you finally believe?” Jesus replied.
32 ARST Look! There will soon be a time, and that time will be very soon, when others will scatter you everywhere. Each of you will go to his own home, and you will leave me by myself. However, I will not be by myself, because my Father is always with me. BSB BSB: “Look, an hour is coming and has already come when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and you will leave Me all alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.
33 ARST I have told you all these things that will happen in order that you may feel peaceful{ because you are united} with me. In this world you will be afflicted, but be brave! I have defeated the people who oppose God in the world!” BSB BSB: I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
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