John 16:5

Syriac Peshitta (NT Only)

ܗܳܫܳܐ ܕ݁ܶܝܢ ܐܳܙܶܠ ܐ݈ܢܳܐ ܠܘܳܬ݂ ܡܰܢ ܕ݁ܫܰܕ݁ܪܰܢܝ ܘܠܳܐ ܐ݈ܢܳܫ ܡܶܢܟ݂ܽܘܢ ܡܫܰܐܶܠ ܠܺܝ ܠܰܐܝܟ݁ܳܐ ܐܳܙܶܠ ܐܰܢ݈ܬ݁ ܀

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I: John 16:10, John 16:16, John 16:28, John 6:62, John 7:33, John 13:3, John 14:28, John 17:4, John 17:13, Ephesians 4:7-11, Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 12:2

Whither: John 13:36, John 14:4-6

Reciprocal: Zechariah 2:2 - Whither Matthew 26:11 - but Mark 14:7 - but Luke 9:51 - that Luke 17:22 - when Luke 24:44 - while John 12:8 - but John 13:1 - depart John 16:17 - said

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But now I go my way to him that sent me,.... These words seem to belong to John 16:4, and to contain a reason why Christ spoke of the trials and afflictions of his disciples now, because he was going away from them to his Father; when as they would be at the head of his affairs in this world, so they would the more become the butt of the rage of men:

and none of you asketh me, whither goest thou? Peter indeed asked the question, John 13:36; but his meaning was, what part of the country he was going to? what private and inaccessible place he was about to betake himself to? he had no notion of his going out of the world, or to heaven to his Father, and therefore inquired nothing about it; and when Christ had suggested to his disciples, that he was going to his Father's house, to prepare mansions for them, they did not seem to understand him, John 14:2. Nor did they ask what he meant by his Father's house, or what those mansions were he was going to prepare; and what the glory was he was going to possess for himself and them; they ask neither about the place he was going to, nor the way to it, nor the happiness to be enjoyed there.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Now I go my way - Now I am about to die and leave you, and it is proper to announce all these things to you.

None of you asketh me ... - They gave themselves up to grief instead of inquiring why he was about to leave them. Had they made the inquiry, he was ready to answer them and to comfort them. When we are afflicted we should not yield ourselves to excessive grief. We should inquire why it is that God thus tries us; and we should never doubt that if we come to him, and spread out our sorrows before him, he will give us consolation.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 16:5. None of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? — In John 13:3, Peter had asked, Lord, thither goest thou? - and Thomas much the same in John 14:5, both of whom had received an answer. But now, at the time when Jesus was speaking this, none of them asked this question, because their hearts were filled with sorrow: John 16:6.