Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that you came from God.”
Two things Christ here comforts his disciples with: - I. With an assurance that, though he was leaving the world, he was returning to his Father, from whom he came forth Joh 16:28-32, where we have, 1. A plain declaration of Christ's mission from the Father, and his return to him (Joh 16:28): I came forth from the Father, and am come, as you see, into the world.
Commenting on John 16:28-33
These things I have spoken unto you,.... As this is the conclusion of our Lord's sermons to his disciples, these words may well enough be thought to have regard to all that he had said in general; as concerning his departure from them; his going to prepare a place for them; his union to them, and their communion with him; and the various persecutions and...
Verse 30. Now are we sure that thou knowest, &c. Their difficulty had been to understand what was the meaning of his declaration in . About this they conversed among themselves, . It is evident that they had not mentioned their difficulty to him, and that he had not even heard their conversation among themselves, .