Jean 16:6

6 Mais, parce que je vous ai dit ces choses, la tristesse a rempli votre cœur.

Jean 16:6 Meaning and Commentary

John 16:6

But because I have said these things to you
Of being hated and persecuted by the Jews, of being put out of their synagogues, and of losing of their lives; and particularly of his departure from them, or the loss of his bodily presence:

sorrow hath filled your heart;
sorrow for his absence so possessed their minds, seized on all the powers and faculties of their souls, and engrossed all their thoughts, that it never entered into the heart of any of them, to inquire about the place he was going to, or the state he should enter upon; which had they had any right notions of, would have greatly contributed to have abated their sorrow, quieted their minds, made them easy under, and reconciled them unto, his departure from them.

Jean 16:6 In-Context

4 Mais je vous ai dit ces choses, afin que lorsque l'heure sera venue, vous vous souveniez que je vous les ai dites. Je ne vous les ai pas dites dès le commencement, parce que j'étais avec vous.
5 Mais maintenant je m'en vais à celui qui m'a envoyé, et aucun de vous ne me demande: Où vas-tu?
6 Mais, parce que je vous ai dit ces choses, la tristesse a rempli votre cœur.
7 Toutefois, je vous dis la vérité, il vous est avantageux que je m'en aille; car si je ne m'en vais, le Consolateur ne viendra point à vous; et si je m'en vais, je vous l'enverrai.
8 Et quand il sera venu, il convaincra le monde de péché, de justice et de jugement:
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.