John 16:19
We know not what he saith. But Jeshu knew that they sought to ask him; and he said to them, Concerning this do you inquire together that I told you, A little (time), and you will not see me; and again a little, and you shall see me?
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
18And they said, What is this little (time of) which he hath spoken?
Cross References
Matthew 6:8Be you not like them, for your Father knoweth what is needful for you before that you ask him.
Mark 9:33AND they came to Kapher-nachum: and when they had entered the house, he asked them of what they had argued in the way among themselves.
John 7:33Jeshu said, Yet a little while am I with you, and I go unto him who sent me:
John 14:19And the world seeth me not, but you shall see me; for because I live, you also shall live.
John 16:30Now know we that every thing thou knowest, and thou needest not that any man should ask thee. By this we believe that from Aloha thou hast come forth.
Hebrews 4:13Neither is there any creature that is concealed from before him; but every thing (is) naked and manifest before his eyes, to whom they shall give 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 →