| Previous Verse |
John 16:21 |
Next Verse |
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Note 86 at Joh 16:21: Jesus was using a physical example to illustrate the spiritual truth He was telling His disciples. Just as a woman experiences sorrow in delivering a baby but forgets it all in the great joy of bringing a child into the world, so Jesus' disciples would soon forget all their grief when they see Jesus resurrected from the dead.
