John 16:17
Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
16In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me.”
18They kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.”
Cross References
Mark 9:32But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.
Luke 18:34But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.
John 14:5“Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”
John 16:1“I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.
John 16:16In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me.”
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 →