John 16:17
Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, 'A short amount of time you will no longer see me and after another short amount of time you will see me,' and, 'Because I go to the Father'?”
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Mark 9:32But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask him.
Luke 18:34They understood none of these things, and this word was hidden from them, and they did not understand the things that were said.
John 14:5Thomas said to Jesus, “Lord, we do not know where you are going, how can we know the way?”
John 16:1“I have spoken these things to you so that you will not fall away.
John 16:16In a short amount of time you will no longer see me, and after another short amount of time 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 →