John 16:19-21

John 16:19-21 King James Version (KJV)

19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?

20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.

21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.



John 16:19-21 New International Version (NIV)



19 Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him about this, so he said to them, “Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me’? 20 Very truly I tell you, you will weep and mourn while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy. 21 A woman giving birth to a child has pain because her time has come; but when her baby is born she forgets the anguish because of her joy that a child is born into the world.



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19 We understand Jesus was saying that He would die but then come back, this would have been strange to them and even when Jesus was clear wasn’t something they could believe would happen.



20 The world would be so happy that Jesus was dead but the disciples would mourn because of their lose of the Master but they would have joy because He wasn’t going to be gone for long.



21 Jesus is referring to His death in this way, dying would be painful but when He returned all that would go away.