²³And on that day you will ask me nothing. Truly, truly I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in my name, he will give you. ²⁴Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.

Jesus’ Victory Over the World

²⁵“I have said these things to you in figurative sayings. An hour is coming when I will speak to you in figurative sayings no longer, but I will tell you plainly about the Father. ²⁶On that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf. ²⁷For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. ²⁸I have gone out from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and am going to the Father.”

²⁹His disciples said, “Behold, now you are speaking plainly^b and are telling us^* no figurative saying! ³⁰Now we know that you know everything and do not need for^c anyone to ask you questions.^* By this we believe that you have come from God.”

³¹Jesus replied to them, “Now do you believe? ³²Behold, an hour is coming—and has come—that you will be scattered each one to his own home,^d and you will leave me alone. And I am not alone, because the Father is with me. ³³I have said these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction, but have courage! I have conquered the world.”

Read in Logos

John 16:33: “I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”

Footnotes

bLiterally “with plainness”
*Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
cLiterally “have need that”
*Here the word “questions” is not in the Greek text but is implied
dOr “to his own things”; or “to his own people” (i.e., family); the Greek text is somewhat ambiguous here