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Yes, I’m telling you these things now so that when they happen you will remember I warned you. I didn’t tell you earlier because I was going to be with you for a while longer.

“But now I am going away to the one who sent me; and none of you seems interested in the purpose of my going; none wonders why.[a] Instead you are only filled with sorrow.

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Footnotes

  1. John 16:5 none wonders why, literally, “none of you is asking me whither I am going.” The question had been asked before (13:36; 14:5), but apparently not in this deeper sense.

I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember(A) that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you,(B) but now I am going to him who sent me.(C) None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’(D) Rather, you are filled with grief(E) because I have said these things.

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