John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 16:32
Behold the hour cometh, yea, is now come ,.... The time is at hand, yea, it may, in a sense, be said to be already come, it was within an hour: and indeed the following prayer might be delivered in less than an hour's time; when he went immediately into the garden, and was apprehended; or at least in a very little while it would come to pass, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own ; to his own friends, relations, and acquaintance; to his own house and home; to his own country,... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 16:31
Jesus answered them, do ye now believe? Not as calling their faith in question; or as denying they had any; or as despising it for the smallness of it; but as reproving them for their security, vain confidence and boasting, as if their faith was so very strong that it would never be moved; and perhaps for the lateness of it too: the words may be read affirmatively, without an interrogation, "ye do believe now"; they are in the Syriac and Arabic versions read imperatively, "believe ye now".... read more