John 16 is the sixteenth chapter of the Gospel of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. It records Jesus' continued farewell discourse to his disciples, set on the last night before his crucifixion. In this chapter, Jesus speaks about the work of the Holy Spirit, the joy of the believers and his victory over the world. The book containing this chapter is anonymous, but early Christian tradition uniformly affirmed that John composed this Gospel.
John 16:14-22 on the recto side of Papyrus 5, written about AD 250.
John 15:25-16:2 on the recto side of Papyrus 22, written c. AD 250.
Fragment of John 16:22-30 on the verso side of Papyrus 5, written c. AD 250.
In the New Testament, chapters 14–17 of the Gospel of John are known as the Farewell Discourse given by Jesus to eleven of his disciples immediately after the conclusion of the Last Supper in Jerusalem, the night before his crucifixion.
Jesus saying farewell to his eleven remaining disciples, from the Maesta by Duccio, 1308–1311
Papyrus 108 (second or third century) containing John 17:23–24 from the end of the Farewell Discourse
Statue of Jesus giving his blessing, Notre-Dame Cathedral
Christ the True Vine, 16th century Greek icon
