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Selected Verse: John 16:32 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Joh 16:32	Strong Concordance	Behold [2400], the hour [5610] cometh [2064], yea [2532], is [2064] now [3568] come [2064], that [2443] ye shall be scattered [4650], every man [1538] to [1519] his own [2398], and [2532] shall leave [863] me [1691] alone [3441]: and yet [2532] I am [1510] not [3756] alone [3441], because [3754] the Father [3962] is [2076] with [3326] me [1700].
	King James	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.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
The hour cometh - To wit, on the next day, when he was crucified. Ye shall be scattered - See Mat 26:31. Every man to his own - That is, as in the margin, to his own home. You shall see me die, and suppose that my work is defeated, and return to your own dwellings. It is probable that the two disciples going to Emmaus were on their way to their dwellings, Luke 24. After his death all the disciples retired into Galilee, and were engaged in their common employment of fishing, Joh 21:1-14; Mat 28:7. Leave me alone - Leave me to die without human sympathy or compassion. See the notes at Mat 26:31, Mat 26:56. Because the Father is with me - His Father was his friend. He had all along trusted in God. In the prospect of his sufferings he could still look to him for support. And though in his dying moments he suffered so much as to use the language, "Why hast thou forsaken me?" yet it was language addressed to him still as his God - "My God, my God." Even then he had confidence in God - confidence so strong and unwavering that he could say, "Into thy hands I commend my spirit," Luk 23:46. In all these sufferings he had the assurance that God was his friend, that he was doing his will, that he was promoting his glory, and that he looked on him with approbation. It matters little who else forsakes us if God be with us in the hour of pain and of death; and though poor, forsaken, or despised, yet, if we have the consciousness of his presence and his favor, then we may fear no evil. His rod and his staff, they will comfort us. Without his favor then, death will be full of horrors, though we be surrounded by weeping relatives, and by all the honor, and splendor, and wealth which the world can bestow. The Christian can die saying, I am not alone, because the Father is with me. The sinner dies without a friend that can alleviate his sufferings - without one source of real joy.

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

The hour cometh - To wit, on the next day, when he was crucified.

Ye shall be scattered - See Mat 26:31.

Every man to his own - That is, as in the margin, to his own home. You shall see me die, and suppose that my work is defeated, and return to your own dwellings. It is probable that the two disciples going to Emmaus were on their way to their dwellings, Luke 24. After his death all the disciples retired into Galilee, and were engaged in their common employment of fishing, Joh 21:1-14; Mat 28:7.

Leave me alone - Leave me to die without human sympathy or compassion. See the notes at Mat 26:31, Mat 26:56.

Because the Father is with me - His Father was his friend. He had all along trusted in God. In the prospect of his sufferings he could still look to him for support. And though in his dying moments he suffered so much as to use the language, "Why hast thou forsaken me?" yet it was language addressed to him still as his God - "My God, my God." Even then he had confidence in God - confidence so strong and unwavering that he could say, "Into thy hands I commend my spirit," Luk 23:46. In all these sufferings he had the assurance that God was his friend, that he was doing his will, that he was promoting his glory, and that he looked on him with approbation. It matters little who else forsakes us if God be with us in the hour of pain and of death; and though poor, forsaken, or despised, yet, if we have the consciousness of his presence and his favor, then we may fear no evil. His rod and his staff, they will comfort us. Without his favor then, death will be full of horrors, though we be surrounded by weeping relatives, and by all the honor, and splendor, and wealth which the world can bestow. The Christian can die saying, I am not alone, because the Father is with me. The sinner dies without a friend that can alleviate his sufferings - without one source of real joy.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
That (ἵνα) See on Joh 16:2, and see on Joh 15:12. In the divine counsel the hour cometh that ye may be scattered, and may leave, etc. To his own (εἰς τὰ ἴδια) To his own home. See on Joh 1:11.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The hour cometh - Ye shall shortly have need of all the faith ye profess: ye now believe me to be the Omniscient; but ye will find difficulty to maintain this faith when ye see me seized, condemned, and crucified as a malefactor. Yea, your faith will be then so shaken that ye shall run away, each striving to save himself at his own home, or among his kindred.

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⁴⁶ And [2532] when Jesus [2424] had cried [5455] with a loud [3173] voice [5456], he said [2036], Father [3962], into [1519] thy [4675] hands [5495] I commend [3908] my [3450] spirit [4151]: and [2532] having said [2036] thus [5023], he gave up the ghost [1606].

⁵⁶ But [1161] all [3650] this [5124] was done [1096], that [2443] the scriptures [1124] of the prophets [4396] might be fulfilled [4137]. Then [5119] all [3956] the disciples [3101] forsook [863] him [846], and fled [5343].

³¹ Then [5119] saith [3004] Jesus [2424] unto them [846], All [3956] ye [5210] shall be offended [4624] because [1722] of me [1722] [1698] this [5026] night [3571]: for [1063] it is written [1125], I will smite [3960] the shepherd [4166], and [2532] the sheep [4263] of the flock [4167] shall be scattered abroad [1287].

⁷ And [2532] go [4198] quickly [5035], and tell [2036] his [846] disciples [3101] that [3754] he is risen [1453] from [575] the dead [3498]; and [2532], behold [2400], he goeth before [4254] you [5209] into [1519] Galilee [1056]; there [1563] shall ye see [3700] him [846]: lo [2400], I have told [2036] you [5213].

¹ After [3326] these things [5023] Jesus [2424] shewed [5319] himself [1438] again [3825] to the disciples [3101] at [1909] the sea [2281] of Tiberias [5085]; and [1161] on this wise [3779] shewed [5319] he himself.
² There were [2258] together [3674] Simon [4613] Peter [4074], and [2532] Thomas [2381] called [3004] Didymus [1324], and [2532] Nathanael [3482] of [575] Cana [2580] in Galilee [1056], and [2532] the sons [3588] of Zebedee [2199], and [2532] two [1417] other [243] of [1537] his [846] disciples [3101].
³ Simon [4613] Peter [4074] saith [3004] unto them [846], I go [5217] a fishing [232]. They say [3004] unto him [846], We [2249] also [2532] go [2064] with [4862] thee [4671]. They went forth [1831], and [2532] entered [305] into [1519] a ship [4143] immediately [2117]; and [2532] that [1722] [1565] night [3571] they caught [4084] nothing [3762].
⁴ But [1161] when the morning [4405] was [1096] now [2235] come [1096], Jesus [2424] stood [2476] on [1519] the shore [123]: but [3305] the disciples [3101] knew [1492] not [3756] that [3754] it was [2076] Jesus [2424].
⁵ Then [3767] Jesus [2424] saith [3004] unto them [846], Children [3813], have ye [2192] any [3387] meat [4371]? They answered [611] him [846], No [3756].
⁶ And [1161] he said [2036] unto them [846], Cast [906] the net [1350] on [1519] the right [1188] side [3313] of the ship [4143], and [2532] ye shall find [2147]. They cast [906] therefore [3767], and [2532] now [3765] they were [2480] not [3765] able [2480] to draw [1670] it [846] for [575] the multitude [4128] of fishes [2486].
⁷ Therefore [3767] that [1565] disciple [3101] whom [3739] Jesus [2424] loved [25] saith [3004] unto Peter [4074], It is [2076] the Lord [2962]. Now [3767] when Simon [4613] Peter [4074] heard [191] that [3754] it was [2076] the Lord [2962], he girt [1241] his fisher's coat [1903] unto him, (for [1063] he was [2258] naked [1131],) and [2532] did cast [906] himself [1438] into [1519] the sea [2281].
⁸ And [1161] the other [243] disciples [3101] came [2064] in a little ship [4142]; (for [1063] they were [2258] not [3756] far [3112] from [575] land [1093], but [235] as it were [5613] [575] two hundred [1250] cubits [4083],) dragging [4951] the net [1350] with fishes [2486].
⁹ As soon [5613] then [3767] as they were come [576] to [1519] land [1093], they saw [991] a fire of coals [439] there, and [2532] fish [3795] laid [2749] thereon [1945], and [2532] bread [740].
¹⁰ Jesus [2424] saith [3004] unto them [846], Bring [5342] of [575] the fish [3795] which [3739] ye have [4084] now [3568] caught [4084].
¹¹ Simon [4613] Peter [4074] went up [305], and [2532] drew [1670] the net [1350] to [1909] land [1093] full [3324] of great [3173] fishes [2486], an hundred [1540] and fifty [4004] and three [5140]: and [2532] for all there were so many [5118], yet was [5607] not [3756] the net [1350] broken [4977].
¹² Jesus [2424] saith [3004] unto them [846], Come [1205] and dine [709]. And [1161] none [3762] of the disciples [3101] durst [5111] ask [1833] him [846], Who [5101] art [1488] thou [4771]? knowing [1492] that [3754] it was [2076] the Lord [2962].
¹³ Jesus [2424] then [3767] cometh [2064], and [2532] taketh [2983] bread [740], and [2532] giveth [1325] them [846], and [2532] fish [3795] likewise [3668].
¹⁴ This [5124] is [5319] now [2235] the third time [5154] that Jesus [2424] shewed himself [5319] to his [846] disciples [3101], after that he was risen [1453] from [1537] the dead [3498].

¹¹ He came [2064] unto [1519] his own [2398], and [2532] his own [2398] received [3880] him [846] not [3756].

¹² This [3778] is [2076] my [1699] commandment [1785], That [2443] ye love [25] one another [240], as [2531] I have loved [25] you [5209].

² They shall put [4160] you [5209] out of the synagogues [656]: yea [235], the time [5610] cometh [2064], that [2443] whosoever [3956] killeth [615] you [5209] will think [1380] that he doeth [4374] God [2316] service [2999].