King James Version
John 16:6 in the King James Version says “But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.” — study this verse from John chapter 16 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.”
John 16:6 · KJV
But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: reprove: or, convince
KJV Study — Public Domain
“hath filled”
G4137to make replete, i.e., (literally) to cram (a net), level up (a hollow), or (figuratively) to furnish (or imbue, diffuse, influence), satisfy, execute
“heart”
G2588the heart, i.e., (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle
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