John 16:12

Contemporary English Version

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

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.'

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

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.

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 that I am going to do what is best for you. That is why I am going away. The Holy Spirit cannot come to help you until I leave. But after I am gone, I will send the Spirit to you. ⁸ The Spirit will come and show the people of this world the truth about sin and God's justice and the judgment. ⁹ The Spirit will show them that they are wrong about sin, because they didn't have faith in me. ¹⁰ They are wrong about God's justice, because I am going to the Father, and you won't see me again. ¹¹ And they are wrong about the judgment, because God has already judged the ruler of this world. ¹² I have much more to say to you, but right now it would be more than you could understand. ¹³ The Spirit shows what is true and will come and guide you into the full truth. The Spirit doesn't speak on his own. He will tell you only what he has heard from me, and he will let you know what is going to happen. ¹⁴ The Spirit will bring glory to me by taking my message and telling it to you. ¹⁵ Everything that the Father has is mine. That is why I have said that the Spirit takes my message and tells 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, "It's all your fault! I gave you my slave woman, but she has been hateful to me ever since she found out she was pregnant. You have done me wrong, and you will have to answer to the Lord for this."

Genesis 16:8
and asked, "Hagar, where have you come from, and where are you going?" She answered, "I'm running away from Sarai, my owner."

Genesis 21:20
God blessed Ishmael, and as the boy grew older, he became an expert with his bow and arrows. He lived in the Paran Desert, and his mother chose an Egyptian woman for him to marry.

Genesis 27:40
You will live by the power of your sword and be your brother's slave. But when you decide to be free, you will break loose."

Job 11:12
but it's easier to tame a wild donkey than to make a fool wise.

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.