John 16:19
Therefore Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, Do ye inquire among yourselves about this, because I said, A little while, and ye do not look at me, and, Again a little while, and ye will see me?
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
18They said therefore What is this that he says, A little while? We know not what he says.
Cross References
Matthew 6:8Be not therefore like them, for your Father knows what things ye have need of before ye ask him.
Mark 9:33And he came to Capernaum. And having become in the house he questioned them, What were ye deliberating among yourselves on the way?
John 7:33Jesus therefore said, Yet a little time I am with you, and then I go to him who sent me.
John 14:19Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more, but ye see me. Because I live, ye will also live.
John 16:30Now we know that thou know all things, and have no need that any man should question thee. By this we believe that thou came forth from God.
Hebrews 4:13And there is no creature concealed from his presence, but all things are naked and vulnerable to his eyes, before whom is the word to us.
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 →