John 16:18
They said therefore, What is this which he says [of] the little while? We do not know [of] what he speaks.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
In Context
Cross References
Matthew 16:9Do ye not yet understand nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many hand-baskets ye took [up]?
Hebrews 5:12For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have again need that [one] should teach you what [are] the elements of the beginning of the oracles of God, and are become such as have need of milk, [and] not of solid food.
Matthew Henry on John 16:17-23
Christ's Departure and Return; Sorrow and Joy Foretold. 16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. 17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father? 18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith. 19 Now Jesus knew that they were… Read the whole commentary →