John 16:12

Amplified Bible

"I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear [to hear] them now.

Parallel Translations

Simplified Cowboy Version
"Now there is much more I could tell you, but it would be too much to handle.

Legacy Standard Bible
"I still have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

Bible in Basic English
I have still much to say to you, but you are not strong enough for it now.

Darby Translation
I have yet many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them now.

New King James Version
"I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

Christian Standard Bible®
"I still have many things to tell you, but you can't bear them now.

World English Bible
"I have yet many things to tell you, but you can't bear them now.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
I have yet many things to say to you; but ye cannot bear them now.

Weymouth's New Testament
"I have much more to say to you, but you are unable at present to bear the burden of it.

King James Version (1611)
I haue yet many things to say vnto you, but ye cannot beare them now:

Literal Translation
I have yet many things to tell you, but you are not able to bear now.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I haue yet moch to saye vnto you, but ye can not now beare it awaye:

Mace New Testament (1729)
I have yet many things to tell you, but ye cannot bear them now;

THE MESSAGE
"I still have many things to tell you, but you can't handle them now. But when the Friend comes, the Spirit of the Truth, he will take you by the hand and guide you into all the truth there is. He won't draw attention to himself, but will make sense out of what is about to happen and, indeed, out of all that I have done and said. He will honor me; he will take from me and deliver it to you. Everything the Father has is also mine. That is why I've said, ‘He takes from me and delivers to you.'

American Standard Version
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

Revised Standard Version
"I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I have yet many thinges to saye vnto you: but ye canot beare them awaye now.

Update Bible Version
I have yet many things to say to you, but you can't bear them now.

Webster's Bible Translation
I have yet many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them now.

Young's Literal Translation
`I have yet many things to say to you, but ye are not able to bear [them] now;

New Century Version
"I have many more things to say to you, but they are too much for you now.

New English Translation
"I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

Contemporary English Version
I have much more to say to you, but right now it would be more than you could understand.

Complete Jewish Bible
"I still have many things to tell you, but you can't bear them now.

English Standard Version
"I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

Geneva Bible (1587)
I haue yet many things to say vnto you, but ye cannot beare them nowe.

George Lamsa Translation
Again, I have many other things to tell you, but you cannot grasp them now.

Hebrew Names Version
"I have yet many things to tell you, but you can't bear them now.

International Standard Version
"I still have a lot to say to you, but you cannot bear it now.Mark 4:33; 1 Corinthians 3:2; Hebrews 5:12;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
I have yet much to tell you, but you cannot now apprehend;

Murdock Translation
Moreover, I have much to say to you: but ye cannot comprehend [fn] now.

New Living Translation
"There is so much more I want to tell you, but you can't bear it now.

New Life Bible
"I still have many things to say to you. You are not strong enough to understand them now.

English Revised Version
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

Berean Standard Bible
I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.

New Revised Standard
"I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yet many things, have I, unto you, to be saying, - but ye cannot bear them, just now;

Douay-Rheims Bible
I have yet many things to say to you: but you cannot bear them now.

King James Version
I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

Lexham English Bible
I still have many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them now.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
I haue yet many thynges to say vnto you, but ye can not beare them away nowe.

Easy-to-Read Version
"I have so much more to tell you, but it is too much for you to accept now.

New American Standard Bible
"I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them at the present time.

Good News Translation
"I have much more to tell you, but now it would be too much for you to bear.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Yit Y haue many thingis for to seie to you, but ye moun not bere hem now.

Contextual Overview

⁷"But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby) will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him (the Holy Spirit) to you [to be in close fellowship with you]. ⁸"And He, when He comes, will convict the world about [the guilt of] sin [and the need for a Savior], and about righteousness, and about judgment: ⁹about sin [and the true nature of it], because they do not believe in Me [and My message]; ¹⁰about righteousness [personal integrity and godly character], because I am going to My Father and you will no longer see Me; ¹¹about judgment [the certainty of it], because the ruler of this world (Satan) has been judged and condemned. ¹²"I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear [to hear] them now.¹³"But when He, the Spirit of Truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth [full and complete truth]. For He will not speak on His own initiative, but He will speak whatever He hears [from the Father—the message regarding the Son], and He will disclose to you what is to come [in the future]. ¹⁴"He will glorify and honor Me, because He (the Holy Spirit) will take from what is Mine and will disclose it to you. ¹⁵"All things that the Father has are Mine. Because of this I said that He [the Spirit] will take from what is Mine and will reveal it to you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

yet: John 14:30, John 15:15, Acts 1:3

ye: Mark 4:33, 1 Corinthians 3:1, 1 Corinthians 3:2, Hebrews 5:11-14

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 5:19 - he said Matthew 9:16 - for Matthew 11:14 - if Matthew 13:33 - till John 8:26 - have many John 14:25 - have John 16:25 - proverbs 2 John 1:12 - many

Cross-References

Genesis 16:5
Then Sarai said to Abram, "May [the responsibility for] the wrong done to me [by the arrogant behavior of Hagar] be upon you. I gave my maid into your arms, and when she realized that she had conceived, I was despised and looked on with disrespect. May the LORD judge [who has done right] between you and me."

Genesis 16:8
And He said, "Hagar, Sarai's maid, where did you come from and where are you going?" And she said, "I am running away from my mistress Sarai."

Genesis 21:20
God was with Ishmael, and he grew and developed; and he lived in the wilderness and became an [expert] archer.

Genesis 27:40
But you shall live by your sword, And serve your brother; However it shall come to pass when you break loose [from your anger and hatred], That you will tear his yoke off your neck [and you will be free of him]."

Job 11:12
"But a hollow (empty-headed) man will become intelligent and wise [Only] when the colt of a wild donkey is born as a man.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I have yet many things to say unto you,.... Not with respect to the main doctrines of the Gospel, for everything of this kind he had made known unto them, John 15:15; but what regarded the rejection of the Jews, and the calling of the Gentiles, the abrogation of the Mosaic economy, and settling the Gospel church state, which were to come to pass after the death and resurrection of Christ, and the sending of the Spirit:

but ye cannot bear them now; because of their prejudices in favour of their own nation, the law of Moses, and the ceremonies of it, and the setting up of a temporal kingdom.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I have yet many things to say ... - There were many things pertaining to the work of the Spirit and the establishment of religion which might be said. Jesus had given them the outline; he had presented to them the great doctrines of the system, but he had not gone into details. These were things which they could not then bear. They were still full of Jewish prejudices, and were not prepared for a full development of his plans. He probably refers here to the great change which were to take place in the Jewish system - the abolition of sacrifices and the priesthood, the change of the Sabbath, the rejection of the Jewish nation, etc. For these doctrines they were not prepared, but they would in due time be taught them by the Holy Spirit.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse John 16:12. Ye cannot bear them now. — In illustration of these three points, Christ had many things to say; but he found that his disciples could only bear general truths; yet, in saying what he did, he sowed the seeds of the whole system of theological knowledge, and heavenly wisdom, which the Holy Spirit of this truth afterwards watered and ripened into a glorious harvest of light and salvation, by the ministry of the apostles. Dr. Lightfoot supposes that the things which the apostles could not bear now were such as these:

1. The institution of the Christian Sabbath, and the abolition of the Jewish.

2. The rejection of the whole Jewish nation, at the very time in which they expected to be set up and established for ever.

3. The entire change of the whole Mosaic dispensation, and the bringing the Gentiles into the Church of God.