YHN 16:12 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) “I still have a lot to tell you all, but you’re not able to handle it all right now.

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object, cyan:dative/indirect object, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT I have many more things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them now.

UST I want to tell you many more things. However, if I tell you now, you will not be able to accept them.

BLB Yet I have many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them now.

AICNT “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

OEB I have still much to say to you, but you cannot bear it now.

WEBBE “I still have many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

LSV I have yet many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear [them] now;

FBV There's much more I want to explain to you, but you couldn't stand it now.

TCNT “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.

T4T I have many more things that I would like to tell you, but you are not able to accept them now.

LEB I still have many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them[fn] now.

16:12 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

BBE I have still much to say to you, but you are not strong enough for it now.

Moff I have still much to say to you, but you cannot bear it just now.

Wymth "I have much more to say to you, but you are unable at present to bear the burden of it.

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

DRA I have yet many things to say to you: but you cannot bear them now.

YLT 'I have yet many things to say to you, but ye are not able to bear [them] now;

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

RV I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
(I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye/you_all cannot bear them now. )

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

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

KJB-1769 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
( I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye/you_all cannot bear them now. )

KJB-1611 I haue yet many things to say vnto you, but ye cannot beare them now:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps I haue yet many thynges to say vnto you, but ye can not beare them away nowe.
(I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye/you_all cannot bear them away now.)

Gnva I haue yet many things to say vnto you, but ye cannot beare them nowe.
(I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye/you_all cannot bear them now. )

Cvdl I haue yet moch to saye vnto you, but ye can not now beare it awaye:
(I have yet much to say unto you, but ye/you_all cannot now bear it away:)

TNT I have yet many thinges to saye vnto you: but ye cannot beare them awaye now.
(I have yet many things to say unto you: but ye/you_all cannot bear them away now. )

Wycl Yit Y haue many thingis for to seie to you, but ye moun not bere hem now.
(Yet I have many things for to say to you, but ye/you_all may/can not bear hem now.)

Luth Ich habe euch noch viel zu sagen; aber ihr könnet‘s jetzt nicht tragen.
(I have you still many to/for say; but you(pl)/their/her could‘s now/currently not bear/carry.)

ClVg Adhuc multa habeo vobis dicere, sed non potestis portare modo.
(Still fine I_have to_you(pl) to_say, but not/no can_you to_carry just/only. )

UGNT ἔτι πολλὰ ἔχω ὑμῖν λέγειν, ἀλλ’ οὐ δύνασθε βαστάζειν ἄρτι.
(eti polla eⱪō humin legein, all’ ou dunasthe bastazein arti.)

SBL-GNT Ἔτι πολλὰ ἔχω ⸂ὑμῖν λέγειν⸃, ἀλλʼ οὐ δύνασθε βαστάζειν ἄρτι·
(Eti polla eⱪō ⸂humin legein⸃, allʼ ou dunasthe bastazein arti;)

RP-GNT Ἔτι πολλὰ ἔχω λέγειν ὑμῖν, ἀλλ' οὐ δύνασθε βαστάζειν ἄρτι.
(Eti polla eⱪō legein humin, all' ou dunasthe bastazein arti.)

TC-GNT Ἔτι πολλὰ ἔχω [fn]λέγειν ὑμῖν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ δύνασθε βαστάζειν ἄρτι.
(Eti polla eⱪō legein humin, all ou dunasthe bastazein arti. )

16:12 λεγειν υμιν ¦ υμιν λεγειν CT

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs, red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 16:4c–15 Jesus would send the Holy Spirit

Jesus told his disciples that it was for their benefit that he would leave. That is because he would send the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit would prove that the world was wrong in their sin and righteousness and judgment. He would also lead the disciples into all truth, which comes from Jesus and his Father.

Here are some other possible section headings:

What the Holy Spirit would do when he came

The Holy Spirit will teach the world and Jesus’ disciples

Paragraph 16:12–15

Jesus told his disciples that the Holy Spirit will teach them about him.

16:12

I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.

¶ “I have much more to say to you, but right now it would be more than you could understand. (CEV)
¶ “There is much more that you^(plur) need to know, but you could/would not understand it if I told you now so I will not.

I still have much to tell you: This clause indicates that there were many more things Jesus wanted his disciples to know. There were things that he had not yet taught them but that he wanted to teach them. Here are other ways to translate this clause:

There is much more that I could say to you (REB)

I have a lot more to tell you (GW)

I: This pronoun refers to Jesus.

you: This pronoun is plural and refers to the disciples.

but you cannot yet bear to hear it: This clause indicates that it would be hard for the disciples if Jesus immediately taught them everything that they should know. They could not bear (endure, accept) hearing these additional things from Jesus. There were things that Jesus’ disciples were not yet able to understand and accept. Therefore, Jesus implied, he would not teach them these truths himself, but the Holy Spirit would guide them when he came. It would not be helpful for them at this time. For example:

but they are too much for you now (NCV)

right now it would be more than you could understand (CEV)

but as yet you cannot bear/endure them, I will not say them

The Greek and many English versions end this verse with “now.” It is a time word that refers to when Jesus was speaking with the disciples.

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Jesus’ Arrest, Trial, Crucifixion, and Burial

Matthew 26-27; Mark 14-15; Luke 22-23; John 13-19

On the Thursday before he was crucified, Jesus had arranged to share the Passover meal with his disciples in an upper room, traditionally thought to be located in the Essene Quarter of Jerusalem. After they finished the meal, they went to the Garden of Gethsemane, where Jesus often met with his disciples. There Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ own disciples, betrayed him to soldiers sent from the High Priest, and they took Jesus to the High Priest’s residence. In the morning the leading priests and teachers of the law put Jesus on trial and found him guilty of blasphemy. The council sent Jesus to stand trial for treason before the Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who resided at the Praetorium while in Jerusalem. The Praetorium was likely located at the former residence of Herod the Great, who had died over 30 years earlier. When Pilate learned that Jesus was from Galilee, he sent him to Herod Antipas, who had jurisdiction over Galilee. But when Jesus gave no answer to Herod’s many questions, Herod and his soldiers sent him back to Pilate, who conceded to the people’s demands that Jesus be crucified. Jesus was forced to carry his cross out of the city gate to Golgotha, meaning Skull Hill, referring to what may have been a small unquarried hill in the middle of an old quarry just outside the gate. After Jesus was unable to carry his cross any further, a man named Simon from Cyrene was forced to carry it for him. There at Golgotha they crucified Jesus. After Jesus died, his body was hurriedly taken down before nightfall and placed in a newly cut, rock tomb owned by Joseph of Arimathea, a member of the Jewish high council. This tomb was likely located at the perimeter of the old quarry.

Parallel YHN 16:12

Section 16:4c–15 Jesus would send the Holy Spirit

Paragraph 16:12–15

16:12

Jesus’ Arrest, Trial, Crucifixion, and Burial