John 16:17 “Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘…”

John 16:17

Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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?

World English Bible

Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;’ and, ‘Because I go to the Father’ ?”

American Standard Version

Some of his disciples therefore said one to another, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye behold me not; and again a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?

Geneva Bible 1599

Then said some of his disciples among them selues, What is this that he saieth vnto vs, A litle while, and ye shall not see me, and againe, a litle while, and ye shall see me, and, For I goe to the Father.

Darby Translation

[Some] of his disciples therefore said to one another, What is this he says to us, A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me, and, Because I go away to the Father?

Young's Literal Translation

Therefore said [some] of his disciples one to another, 'What is this that he saith to us, A little while, and ye do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me, and, Because I go away unto the Father?'

Bible in Basic English

So some of the disciples said one to another, What is this he is saying, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me? and, I am going to the Father?

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Cross references

“said”

John 16:5 Mark 9:32 John 16:19 John 14:5 John 12:16 Mark 9:10

John 16:5 · BSB

Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

Mark 9:32 · BSB

But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.

John 16:19 · BSB

Aware that they wanted to question Him, Jesus said to them, “Are you asking one another why I said, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’?

John 14:5 · BSB

“Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”

John 12:16 · BSB

At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.

Mark 9:10 · BSB

So they kept this matter to themselves, discussing what it meant to rise from the dead.

Also

John 16:16

John 16:16 · BSB

In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me. ”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me. ”

18They kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.”

Read John 16