John 16:19
Jesus, therefore, knew that they were wishing to ask him, and he said to them, 'Concerning this do ye seek one with another, because I said, A little while, and you do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
18they said then, 'What is this he saith — the little while? we have not known what he saith.'
Cross References
Matthew 6:8be ye not therefore like to them, for your Father doth know those things that ye have need of before your asking him;
Mark 9:33And he came to Capernaum, and being in the house, he was questioning them, 'What were ye reasoning in the way among yourselves?'
John 7:33Jesus, therefore, said to them, 'Yet a little time I am with you, and I go away unto Him who sent me;
John 14:19yet a little, and the world doth no more behold me, and ye behold me, because I live, and ye shall live;
John 16:30now we have known that thou hast known all things, and hast no need that any one do question thee; in this we believe that from God thou didst come forth.'
Hebrews 4:13and there is not a created thing not manifest before Him, but all things [are] naked and open to His eyes — with whom is our reckoning.
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 →