John 16:6

Verse 6. Sorrow hath filled your heart: and this sorrow hindereth you from asking, what you should earnestly desire to know. Witham.—Peter had put the question above, chapter 13:36 and Thomas, chapter 14:5. But Jesus Christ means, that they did not persevere in their questions, so as to obtain satisfactory information, where, when, and for what end he was going, and how soon he was to return to them, or if to return at all. For it is customary with friends, to put the most minute questions on all these heads to friends, when they are about to be separated from each other. Menochius.