Johannes 16:5

5 Nun aber gehe ich hin zu dem, der mich gesandt hat; und niemand unter euch fragt mich: Wo gehst du hin?

Johannes 16:5 Meaning and Commentary

John 16:5

But now I go my way to him that sent me
These words seem to belong to ( John 16:4 ) , and to contain a reason why Christ spoke of the trials and afflictions of his disciples now, because he was going away from them to his Father; when as they would be at the head of his affairs in this world, so they would the more become the butt of the rage of men:

and none of you asketh me, whither goest thou?
Peter indeed asked the question, ( John 13:36 ) ; but his meaning was, what part of the country he was going to? what private and inaccessible place he was about to betake himself to? he had no notion of his going out of the world, or to heaven to his Father, and therefore inquired nothing about it; and when Christ had suggested to his disciples, that he was going to his Father's house, to prepare mansions for them, they did not seem to understand him, ( John 14:2 John 14:3 John 14:5 ) . Nor did they ask what he meant by his Father's house, or what those mansions were he was going to prepare; and what the glory was he was going to possess for himself and them; they ask neither about the place he was going to, nor the way to it, nor the happiness to be enjoyed there.

Johannes 16:5 In-Context

3 Und solches werden sie euch darum tun, daß sie weder meinen Vater noch mich erkennen.

4 Aber solches habe ich zu euch geredet, auf das, wenn die Zeit kommen wird, ihr daran gedenket, daß ich's euch gesagt habe. Solches aber habe ich von Anfang nicht gesagt; denn ich war bei euch.

5 Nun aber gehe ich hin zu dem, der mich gesandt hat; und niemand unter euch fragt mich: Wo gehst du hin?

6 Sondern weil ich solches geredet habe, ist euer Herz voll Trauerns geworden.

7 Aber ich sage euch die Wahrheit: es ist euch gut, daß ich hingehe. Denn so ich nicht hingehe, so kommt der Tröster nicht zu euch; so ich aber gehe, will ich ihn zu euch senden.