John 16:19
And Jesus knew that they had a mind to ask him. And he said to them: Of this do you inquire among yourselves, because I said: A little while, and you shall not see me; and again a little while, and you shall see me?
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
18They said therefore: What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he speaketh.
Cross References
Matthew 6:8Be not you therefore like to them for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask him.
Mark 9:33But they held their peace, for in the way they had disputed among themselves, which of them should be the greatest.
John 7:33Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a little while I am with you: and then I go to him that sent me.
John 14:19Yet a little while and the world seeth me no more. But you see me: because I live, and you shall live.
John 16:30Now we know that thou knowest all things and thou needest not that any man should ask thee. By this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
Hebrews 4:13Neither is there any creature invisible in his sight: but all things are naked and open to his eyes, to whom our speech is.
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 →