When the Paraclete comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truthwill be my witness. And you too will be witnesses, because you have been with me from the beginning. who issues from the Father, he
I have told you all this so that you may not fall away. They will expel you from the synagogues, and indeed the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is doing a holy service to God. They will do these things because they have never known either the Father or me. But I have told you all this, so that when the time for it comes you may remember that I told you. I did not tell you this from the beginning, because I was with you.
“Meta jiġi d-Difensur, li se nibagħtilkom mingħand il-Missier, l-Ispirtu tal-verità, li ġej mill-Missier, huwa jixhed għalija. U intom ukoll tixhdu, għax intom kontu miegħi sa mill-bidu. “Dawn il-ħwejjeġ għedthomlkom biex ma titfixklux. Ikeċċukom ‘il barra mis-sinagogi, mhux biss, imma tasal is-siegħa meta min joqtolkom jaħseb li jkun qiegħed jagħti qima lil Alla. Dan jagħmluh għax la għarfu lill-Missier u lanqas lili. Imma dan kollu għedthulkom biex, meta tasal is-siegħa li jagħmlulkom dan, tiftakru li jiena għedthulkom.