Persecution Foretold (Acts 23:12–22)
1 TNT These thinges have I sayde vnto you because ye shuld not be offended. BSB BSB: “I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.
2 TNT They shall excommunicat you: ye the tyme shall come that whosoever killeth you will thinke that he doth God service. 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 TNT And suche thinges will they do vnto you because they have not knowen the father nether yet me. BSB BSB: They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me.
4 TNT But these thinges have I tolde you that when that houre is come ye myght remember them that I tolde you so. These thinges sayde I not unto you at the begynninge because I was present with you. 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.
The Promise of the Holy Spirit (John 14:15–26)
5 TNT But now I goo my waye to him that sent me and none of you axeth me: whither goest thou? BSB BSB: Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’
6 TNT But because I have sayde suche thinges vnto you youre hertes are full of sorowe. BSB BSB: Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.
8 TNT And when he is come he will rebuke the worlde of synne and of rightwesnes and of iudgement. BSB BSB: And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:
9 TNT Of synne because they beleve not on me: BSB BSB: in regard to sin, because they do not believe in Me;
10 TNT Of rightwesnes because I go to my father and ye shall se me no moare: BSB BSB: in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see Me;
11 TNT and of iudgement because the chefe ruler of this worlde is iudged all ready. BSB BSB: and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.
12 TNT I have yet many thinges to saye vnto you: but ye cannot beare them awaye now. BSB BSB: I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.
14 TNT He shall glorify me for he shall receave of myne and shall shewe vnto you. BSB BSB: He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.
15 TNT All thinges that the father hath aremyne. Therfore sayd I vnto you that he shall take of myne and shewe vnto you. 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 TNT After a whyle ye shall not se me and agayne after a whyle ye shall se me: For I goo to the father. BSB BSB: In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me.”
Grief Will Turn to Joy 17 TNT Then sayd some of his disciples bitwene them selves: what is this that he sayth vnto vs after a whyle ye shall not se me and agayne after a whyle ye shall se me: and that I go to the 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 TNT They sayd therfore: what is this that he sayth after a whyle? we cannot tell what he sayth. BSB BSB: They kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.”
19 TNT Iesus perceaved that they wolde axe him and sayd vnto them: This is it that ye enquyre of bitwene youre selves that I sayd after a whyle ye shall not se me and agayne after a whyle ye shall se me. 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 TNT Verely verely I saye vnto you: ye shall wepe and lamet and the worlde shall reioyce. Ye shall sorowe: but youre sorowe shalbe tourned to ioye. 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 TNT A woman when she traveyleth hath sorowe because her houre is come: but assone as she is delivered of the chylde she remembreth no moare the anguysshe for ioye that a man is borne in to the worlde. 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 TNT And ye now are in sorowe: but I will se you agayne and youre hertes shall reioyce and youre ioye shall no man take from you. 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.
Ask in My Name (Matthew 18:19–20)
23 TNT And in that daye shall ye axe me no question. Verely verely I saye vnto you whatsoever ye shall axe the father in my name he will geve it you. 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 TNT Hitherto have ye axed nothinge in my name. Axe and ye shall receave it: that youre ioye maye be full. 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 TNT These thinges have I spoken vnto you in proverbes. The tyme will come when I shall no moare speake to you in proverbes: but I shall shewe you playnly from my father. 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 TNT At that daye shall ye axe in myne name. And I saye not vnto you that I will speake vnto my father for you. 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 TNT For the father him selfe loveth you because ye have loved me and have beleved that I came out from God. BSB BSB: For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God.
28 TNT I went out from the father and came into the worlde: and I leve the worlde agayne and go to the 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 TNT His disciples sayd vnto him: loo now speakest thou playnly and thou vsest no proverbe. BSB BSB: His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.
30 TNT Nowe knowe we that thou vnderstondest all thinges and nedest not that eny man shuld axe the eny question. Therfore beleve we that thou camst 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 TNT Iesus answered them: Now ye do beleve. BSB BSB: “Do you finally believe?” Jesus replied.
32 TNT Beholde the houre draweth nye and is already come that ye shalbe scatered every man his wayes and shall leave me alone. And yet am I not alone. For the father is 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 TNT These wordes have I spoke vnto you that in me ye might have peace. For in the worlde shall ye have tribulacion: but be of good cheare I have over come the worlde. 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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