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Selected Verse: John 14:29 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Joh 14:29	Strong Concordance	And [2532] now [3568] I have told [2046] you [5213] before [4250] it come to pass [1096], that [2443], when [3752] it is come to pass [1096], ye might believe [4100].
	King James	And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Before it come to pass - Before my death, resurrection, and ascension. Ye might believe - You might be confirmed or strengthened in faith by the evidence which I gave that I came from God - the power of foretelling future events.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Before it come to pass - Before my death, resurrection, and ascension.

Ye might believe - You might be confirmed or strengthened in faith by the evidence which I gave that I came from God - the power of foretelling future events.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
I have told you - Of my going and return.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

I have told you - Of my going and return.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
I have told you before it come to pass - Lest my death should be a stumbling-block to you, I have spoken of it beforehand, and showed you the necessity of it, that when it happens ye may believe, that as I could predict it so clearly, and so circumstantially, so all the good which I have promised shall be the result may be confidently expected by you; and that your sorrow, if not entirely removed, may at least be much mitigated.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

I have told you before it come to pass - Lest my death should be a stumbling-block to you, I have spoken of it beforehand, and showed you the necessity of it, that when it happens ye may believe, that as I could predict it so clearly, and so circumstantially, so all the good which I have promised shall be the result may be confidently expected by you; and that your sorrow, if not entirely removed, may at least be much mitigated.

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