John 16:19
And Jesus knew, that they would ask him, and he said to them, Of this thing ye seek among you (rselves), for I said, A little, and ye shall not see me; and again a little, and ye shall see me.
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
In The King James Version
In Context
18Therefore they said, What is this that he saith to us, A little? we know not what he speaketh.
Cross References
Matthew 6:8Therefore do not ye be made like to them, for your Father knoweth what is need [ful] to you, before that ye ask him.
Mark 9:33And they came to Capernaum. And when they were in the house, he asked them, What treated ye in the way? (or What did ye discuss on the way?)
John 7:33Therefore Jesus said to them, Yet a little time I am with you, and (then) I go to the Father, that sent me.
John 14:19Yet a little, and the world seeth not now me [or and the world seeth not me now]; but ye shall see me, for I live, and ye shall live.
John 16:30Now we know, that thou knowest all things; and it is not need (ful) to thee, [or and it is no need to thee], (or and there is no need), that any man ask thee (anything more). In this thing we believe, that thou wentest out from God.
Hebrews 4:13And no creature is invisible in the sight of God. For all things be naked and open to his eyes, to whom a word to us.
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 →