Joh 16:4 | RWP | e4.org | Have I spoken ( λελαληκα ). Perfect active indicative as in ; . Solemn repetition. When their hour is come ( οταν ελθη η ωρα αυτων ). Indefinite temporal clause, οταν with the second aorist active subjunctive of ερχομα , "whenever their hour comes." The time appointed for these things. Now that ( οτ ). Simply "that" (declarative conjunction in indirect discourse. Forewarned is to be forearmed. Cf. . From the beginning ( εξ αρχης ). As in but practically like απ' αρχης in . While Christ was with them, he was the object of attack ( ).

‏ John 16:4

Have I spoken ( λελαληκα ). Perfect active indicative as in 15:11; 16:1. Solemn repetition.

When their hour is come ( οταν ελθη η ωρα αυτων ). Indefinite temporal clause, οταν with the second aorist active subjunctive of ερχομα, "whenever their hour comes." The time appointed for these things.

Now that ( οτ ). Simply "that" (declarative conjunction in indirect discourse. Forewarned is to be forearmed. Cf. 13:19.

From the beginning ( εξ αρχης ). As in 6:64 but practically like απ' αρχης in 15:27. While Christ was with them, he was the object of attack (15:18).