John 16:17
Therefore said [some] of his disciples one to another, 'What is this that he saith to us, A little while, and ye do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me, and, Because I go away unto the Father?'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
18they said then, 'What is this he saith — the little while? we have not known what he saith.'
Cross References
Mark 9:32but they were not understanding the saying, and they were afraid to question him.
Luke 18:34And they none of these things understood, and this saying was hid from them, and they were not knowing the things said.
John 14:5Thomas saith to him, 'Sir, we have not known whither thou goest away, and how are we able to know the way?'
John 16:1'These things I have spoken to you, that ye may not be stumbled,
John 16:16a little while, and ye do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go away unto the Father.'
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 →