John 16:26

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
On that day you will ask

King James Version (1611)
At that day ye shall aske in my Name: and I say not vnto you that I will pray the Father for you:

King James Version
At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you:

English Standard Version
In that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf;

New American Standard Bible
"On that day you will ask in My name, and I am not saying to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;

New Century Version
In that day you will ask the Father for things in my name. I mean, I will not need to ask the Father for you.

Amplified Bible
"In that day you will ask in My name, and I am not saying to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf [because it will be unnecessary];

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;

Legacy Standard Bible
On that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf;

Berean Standard Bible
In that day you will ask in My name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

Contemporary English Version
You will ask the Father in my name, and I won't have to ask him for you.

Complete Jewish Bible
When that day comes, you will ask in my name. I am not telling you that I will pray to the Father on your behalf,

Darby Translation
In that day ye shall ask in my name; and I say not to you that I will demand of the Father for you,

Easy-to-Read Version
Then you will be able to ask the Father for things in my name. I'm not saying that I will have to ask the Father for you.

Geneva Bible (1587)
At that day shall ye aske in my Name, and I say not vnto you, that I will pray vnto the Father for you:

George Lamsa Translation
In that day you will ask in my name; and I will not say to you, I will ask the Father concerning you.

Good News Translation
When that day comes, you will ask him in my name; and I do not say that I will ask him on your behalf,

Lexham English Bible
On that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

Literal Translation
In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not tell you that I will petition the Father about you;

American Standard Version
In that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you;

Bible in Basic English
In that day you will make requests in my name: and I do not say that I will make prayer to the Father for you,

Hebrew Names Version
In that day you will ask in my name; and I don't say to you, that I will pray to the Father for you,

International Standard Version
On that day, you will ask in my name. I am not telling you that I will ask the Father on your behalf.John 16:23;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
In that day you shall ask in my name; and I say not to you that I will ask of the Father for you;

Murdock Translation
In that day ye will ask in my name; and I do not say to you, that I will pray to the Father for you;

Bishop's Bible (1568)
At that day shall ye aske in my name: And I say not vnto you, that I wyll pray vnto my father for you.

English Revised Version
In that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you;

World English Bible
In that day you will ask in my name; and I don't say to you, that I will pray to the Father for you,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not to you, that I will pray the Father for you.

Weymouth's New Testament
At that time you will make your requests in my name; and I do not promise to ask the Father on your behalf,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
In that dai ye schulen axe in my name; and Y seie not to you, that Y schal preye the fadir of you;

Update Bible Version
In that day you shall ask in my name: and I don't say to you, that I will pray the Father for you;

Webster's Bible Translation
At that day ye will ask in my name: and I say not to you, that I will pray the Father for you:

New English Translation
At that time you will ask in my name, and I do not say that I will ask the Father on your behalf.

New King James Version
In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you;

New Living Translation
Then you will ask in my name. I'm not saying I will ask the Father on your behalf,

New Life Bible
In that day you will ask in My name. I will not ask the Father for you

New Revised Standard
On that day you will ask in my name. I do not say to you that I will ask the Father on your behalf;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In that day, In my name, shall ye ask: - and I say not that, I, will request the Father for you;

Douay-Rheims Bible
In that day, you shall ask in my name: and I say not to you that I will ask the Father for you.

Revised Standard Version
In that day you will ask in my name; and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you;

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
At that daye shall ye axe in myne name. And I saye not vnto you that I will speake vnto my father for you

Young's Literal Translation
`In that day, in my name ye will make request, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father for you,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
In that daye shal ye axe in my name. And I saye not vnto you, that I wyl praye vnto the father for you:

Mace New Testament (1729)
though then ye shall ask in my name: I need not promise, that I will pray the father for you;

Simplified Cowboy Version
By asking in my name, that doesn't mean I will ask my Father on your behalf. It means you will be able to ask him yourself.

Contextual Overview

²⁴ "I've told you these things to prepare you for rough times ahead. They are going to throw you out of the meeting places. There will even come a time when anyone who kills you will think he's doing God a favor. They will do these things because they never really understood the Father. I've told you these things so that when the time comes and they start in on you, you'll be well-warned and ready for them. "I didn't tell you this earlier because I was with you every day. But now I am on my way to the One who sent me. Not one of you has asked, ‘Where are you going?' Instead, the longer I've talked, the sadder you've become. So let me say it again, this truth: It's better for you that I leave. If I don't leave, the Friend won't come. But if I go, I'll send him to you. "When he comes, he'll expose the error of the godless world's view of sin, righteousness, and judgment: He'll show them that their refusal to believe in me is their basic sin; that righteousness comes from above, where I am with the Father, out of their sight and control; that judgment takes place as the ruler of this godless world is brought to trial and convicted. "I still have many things to tell you, but you can't handle them now. But when the Friend comes, the Spirit of the Truth, he will take you by the hand and guide you into all the truth there is. He won't draw attention to himself, but will make sense out of what is about to happen and, indeed, out of all that I have done and said. He will honor me; he will take from me and deliver it to you. Everything the Father has is also mine. That is why I've said, ‘He takes from me and delivers to you.' "In a day or so you're not going to see me, but then in another day or so you will see me." That stirred up a hornet's nest of questions among the disciples: "What's he talking about: ‘In a day or so you're not going to see me, but then in another day or so you will see me'? And, ‘Because I'm on my way to the Father'? What is this ‘day or so'? We don't know what he's talking about." Jesus knew they were dying to ask him what he meant, so he said, "Are you trying to figure out among yourselves what I meant when I said, ‘In a day or so you're not going to see me, but then in another day or so you will see me'? Then fix this firmly in your minds: You're going to be in deep mourning while the godless world throws a party. You'll be sad, very sad, but your sadness will develop into gladness. "When a woman gives birth, she has a hard time, there's no getting around it. But when the baby is born, there is joy in the birth. This new life in the world wipes out memory of the pain. The sadness you have right now is similar to that pain, but the coming joy is also similar. When I see you again, you'll be full of joy, and it will be a joy no one can rob from you. You'll no longer be so full of questions. "This is what I want you to do: Ask the Father for whatever is in keeping with the things I've revealed to you. Ask in my name, according to my will, and he'll most certainly give it to you. Your joy will be a river overflowing its banks! ²⁵"I've used figures of speech in telling you these things. Soon I'll drop the figures and tell you about the Father in plain language. Then you can make your requests directly to him in relation to this life I've revealed to you. I won't continue making requests of the Father on your behalf. I won't need to. Because you've gone out on a limb, committed yourselves to love and trust in me, believing I came directly from the Father, the Father loves you directly. First, I left the Father and arrived in the world; now I leave the world and travel to the Father."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

At: John 16:23

that: John 14:16, John 17:9, John 17:19, John 17:24, Romans 8:34

Reciprocal: John 14:13 - whatsoever

Gill's Notes on the Bible

At that day ye shall ask in my name,.... For when the Spirit was poured upon them, they not only received his extraordinary gifts, and had a larger measure of his grace bestowed upon them; but were also blessed with him, as a spirit of grace and supplication, in a more remarkable manner than ever they had been before: they then better understood the throne of grace, and the advantages of it; had greater enlargements and assistances at it; and were better acquainted with the mediation of Christ, and the necessity of making use of his name, blood, and righteousness, in all their petitions and requests.

And I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you. This Christ had promised before, John 14:16; nor was there any occasion to repeat it now, of which they might be strongly assured: besides, at that day the Spirit would be given to them by virtue of his intercession; so that there would be no need of praying to the Father for them on that account. This is said, not as if the intercession of Christ for his people would then cease; for he is always their advocate with the Father, and ever lives to make intercession for them; though it may not be carried on in the same manner, by prayer, as when he was here on earth, his personal appearance, and the presentation of his blood, sacrifice, and righteousness, being sufficient; but to declare the disposition and readiness of his Father to hear them, and grant unto them whatsoever they should ask of him in his name.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I say not unto you that I will pray ... - In John 14:16, Jesus says that he would pray the Father, and that he would send the Comforter. In John 17:0 he offered a memorable prayer for them. In Hebrews 7:25, it is said that Jesus ever liveth to make intercession for us; and it is constantly represented in the New Testament that it is by his intercession in heaven now that we obtain the blessings of pardon, peace, strength, and salvation. Compare Hebrews 9:24. This declaration of Jesus, then, does not mean that he would not intercede for them, but that there was no need then of his mentioning it to them again. They knew that; and, in addition to that, he told them that God was ready and willing to confer on them all needful blessings.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 26. I say not unto you that I will pray the Father for you — I need not tell you that I will continue your intercessor: I have given you already so many proofs of my love that ye cannot possibly doubt this: besides, the Father himself needs no entreaty to do you good, for he loves you, and is graciously disposed to save you to the uttermost, because ye have loved me and believed in me as coming from God, for the salvation of the world.