Yohanes 6:32

6:32 Then Jesus told them, “I tell you the solemn truth, ¹  it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.

Yohanes 14:27

14:27 “Peace I leave with you; ²  my peace I give to you; I do not give it ³  to you as the world does. ⁴  Do not let your hearts be distressed or lacking in courage. ⁵ 

Yohanes 16:4

16:4 But I have told you these things ⁶  so that when their time ⁷  comes, you will remember that I told you about them. ⁸ 

“I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you. ⁹ 

[6:32]  ¹ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[14:27]  ² sn Peace I leave with you. In spite of appearances, this verse does not introduce a new subject (peace). Jesus will use the phrase as a greeting to his disciples after his resurrection (20:19, 21, 26). It is here a reflection of the Hebrew shalom as a farewell. But Jesus says he leaves peace with his disciples. This should probably be understood ultimately in terms of the indwelling of the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, who has been the topic of the preceding verses. It is his presence, after Jesus has left the disciples and finally returned to the Father, which will remain with them and comfort them.

[14:27]  ³ tn The pronoun “it” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context.

[14:27]  ⁴ tn Grk “not as the world gives do I give to you.”

[14:27]  ⁵ tn Or “distressed or fearful and cowardly.”

[16:4]  ⁶ tn The first half of v. 4 resumes the statement of 16:1, ταῦτα λελάληκα ὑμῖν (tauta lelalhka Jumin), in a somewhat more positive fashion, omitting the reference to the disciples being caused to stumble.

[16:4]  ⁷ tn Grk “their hour.”

[16:4]  ⁸ tn The words “about them” are not in the Greek text, but are implied.

[16:4]  ⁹ sn This verse serves as a transition between the preceding discussion of the persecutions the disciples will face in the world after the departure of Jesus, and the following discussion concerning the departure of Jesus and the coming of the Spirit-Paraclete. Jesus had not told the disciples these things from the beginning because he was with them.