John 16:4

But Making a fresh start; But, to return(to John 16:1).

have I told See on John 16:6.

when the time Rather, when their hour, according to the better reading; i.e. the hour appointed for these things (John 16:2).

ye may … of them Better, ye may remember them, that I told you. -I" is emphatic, -I Myself, the object of your faith."

And these things … beginning Better, But these things I told you not from the beginning. Not exactly the same phrase as in John 15:27 (ἀπ' ἀρχῆς) but ἐξ ἀρχῆς (here and John 6:64 only): the one expresses simple departure, the other consequence and continuity. There is no inconsistency between this statement and passages like Matthew 10:16-39; Matthew 24:9; Luke 6:22, &c. -These things" will cover a great deal more than the prediction of persecutions, e.g. the explanationof the persecutions, the promise of the Paraclete, &c.

because I was with you See notes on Matthew 9:15.