John 16:25
John · New Testament · Chapter 16
“These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.”John 16:25
What Does John 16:25 Mean?
John 16:25 is found in the book of John, chapter 16, verse 25 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to John 16:25 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
John 16:12“I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.”Mark 4:34“But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.”Matthew 13:34“All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:”John 14:8“Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.”Mark 4:13“And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables?”Mark 8:32“And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him.”John 10:6“This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.”John 16:28“I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.”Psalms 49:4“I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.”Psalms 78:2“I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:”Ezekiel 20:49“Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?”Matthew 13:10“And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?”John 11:14“Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.”Deuteronomy 27:8“And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly.”Matthew 10:27“What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.”Matthew 13:3“And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;”John 16:29“His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb.”John 16:32“Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.”2 Corinthians 3:12“Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:”Proverbs 1:6“To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.”
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