John 16:20

ye shall weep and lament In the Greek -ye" comes last in emphatic contrast to the world. The verbs express the outward manifestation of grief. Comp. John 20:11; Luke 23:27. The world rejoiced at being rid of One whose life was a reproach to it and whose teaching condemned it.

and ye shall be sorrowful Here we have the feeling as distinct from the manifestation of grief. Omit -and."

sorrow shall be turned into joy Not merely sorrow shall be succeeded by joy, but shall become joy. The withdrawal of the bodily presence of Christ shall be first a sorrow and then a joy. We have the same Greek construction of the rejected stone becoming the head of the corner (Matthew 21:42; Acts 4:11), of the mustard sprout becoming a tree (Luke 13:19), of the first man Adam becoming a living soul (1 Corinthians 15:45).