John 16:19
Then Jesus knew that they wished to ask him; and he said to them: Are you inquiring of one another about this, because I said, A little while and you will not see me; and again, a little while, and you will see me?
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
18Therefore they said: What is this that he says, The little while? We know not what he says.
Cross References
Matthew 6:8Be not, therefore, like them; for your Father knows what things you need before you ask him.
Mark 9:33And he came into Capernaum; and when he was in the house, he asked them: What were you disputing about among yourselves along the road?
John 7:33Then Jesus said to them: Yet a little while I am with you, and I go away to him that sent me.
John 14:19Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you shall see me. Because I live, you also shall live.
John 16:30Now we know that thou knowest all things, and hast no need that any one should ask thee. By this we believe that thou hast come forth from God.
Hebrews 4:13And there is no creature which is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked, and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give an account.
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 →