²⁶“When the ^•Counselor ^kcomes, the One I will send to you from the Father ^l—the Spirit of truth ^mwho proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me. ²⁷You also will testify, ⁿbecause you have been with Me from the beginning.

16“I have told you these things to keep you from ^•stumbling. ²They will ban you from the ^•synagogues. ^oIn fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering service ^pto God. ³They will do these things because they haven’t known ^qthe Father or Me. ⁴But I have told you these things so that when their time ^rcomes you may remember ^sI told them to you. I didn’t tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

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Footnotes

•The Greek word parakletos means one called alongside to help, counsel, or protect; it is used of the Holy Spirit in Jn and 1Jn.
•The Greek word skandalizo has a root meaning of snare or trap but has no real English counterpart.
•This is a place where the Jewish people met for prayer, worship, and teaching of the Scriptures.
r16:4 Other read when the time

Cross references

k15:26 Jn 14:16
l15:26 Jn 14:26
m15:26 Ps 119:142; Jn 1:33; 14:17; 16:13; Rm 3:7; 1Jn 4:6
n15:27 Ac 4:20
o16:2 Jn 9:22; 12:42
p16:2 Ex 12:25
q16:3 Jn 7:28
s16:4 Jn 14:29; Rv 2:5