John 16:12

12 “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear.

John 16:12 in Other Translations

12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

12 "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

12 “There is so much more I want to tell you, but you can’t bear it now.

12 "I still have many things to tell you, but you can't handle them now.

12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

12 "I have a lot more to tell you, but that would be too much for you now.

12 "I still have many things to tell you, but you can't bear them now.

12 "I have much more to say to you. It is more than you can handle right now.

John 16:12 Meaning and Commentary

John 16:12

I have yet many things to say unto you
Not with respect to the main doctrines of the Gospel, for everything of this kind he had made known unto them, ( John 15:15 ) ; but what regarded the rejection of the Jews, and the calling of the Gentiles, the abrogation of the Mosaic economy, and settling the Gospel church state, which were to come to pass after the death and resurrection of Christ, and the sending of the Spirit:

but ye cannot bear them now;
because of their prejudices in favour of their own nation, the law of Moses, and the ceremonies of it, and the setting up of a temporal kingdom.

John 16:12 In-Context

10 about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer;

11 and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.

12 “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear.

13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.

14 He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you.

Cross References

• 1. Mark 4:33; 1 Corinthians 3:2