But because I have spoken these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
But because I have said these things . . . sorrow hath filled your heart--Sorrow had too much paralyzed them, and He would rouse their energies.
Christ warns you plainly so disappointment won't shipwreck you. Two swords hang over you: excommunication from the synagogue, and death itself. Being forewarned, you are forearmed against the terror that fells the unprepared.
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Commenting on John 16:1-6
But because I have said these things to you,.... Of being hated and persecuted by the Jews, of being put out of their synagogues, and of losing of their lives; and particularly of his departure from them, or the loss of his bodily presence: sorrow hath filled your heart; sorrow for his absence so possessed their minds, seized on all the powers and faculties of...