John 16:4 (YLT)

Passage

`But these things I have spoken to you, that when the hour may come, ye may remember them, that I said <FI>them<Fi> to you, and these things to you from the beginning I did not say, because I was with you;

Nearby Context

John 16:2 out of the synagogues they will put you; but an hour doth come, that every one who hath killed you, may think to offer service unto God;

John 16:3 and these things they will do to you, because they did not know the Father, nor me.

John 16:4 `But these things I have spoken to you, that when the hour may come, ye may remember them, that I said <FI>them<Fi> to you, and these things to you from the beginning I did not say, because I was with you;

John 16:5 and now I go away to Him who sent me, and none of you doth ask me, Whither dost thou go?

John 16:6 but because these things I have said to you, the sorrow hath filled your heart.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "things", "spoken", "hour", "come", "remember", "said", and "beginning". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "things" and "spoken", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "and these things they will do to..." into verse 5's "and now I go away to Him...", so "things" and "spoken" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "things" and "spoken" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.