John 16:19

Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and said. "Are you questioning one another about my saying, ‘A little while and you shall behold me no more, and again a little while you shall see me’?

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me?

In Context

18So they kept asking. "What does that ‘little while’ mean of which he speaks? We do not know what he is talking about."

20"I tell you solemnly that you will be weeping and wailing while the world is rejoicing; you will be grief-stricken, but your grief shall be turned into gladness.

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Cross References

Matthew 6:8"Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Mark 9:33Then they came to Capernaum; and when he got into the house he asked them, "What were you discussing on the road?"

John 7:33Then Jesus said to them. "Still for a little longer I am with you, and then I am going my way to him who sent me.

John 14:19"Yet a little while and the world shall see me no more, but you shall see me; because I live, you, too, shall live.

Hebrews 4:13And there is not a creature hidden form him, but all things are naked and laid prostrate before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

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 →

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