John 16:17

¹⁵ Everything that belongs to the Father is Mine. That is why I said that the Spirit will take from what is Mine and disclose it to you.

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

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’?”

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

¹⁹ 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’?

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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’?”
KJV: 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?
WEB: 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’?”
ASV: [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?
DARBY: [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?
BLB: Therefore some of His disciples said to one another, “What is this that He says to us, ‘A little while and you⁺ do not see Me; and again a little while and you⁺ will look on Me,’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”

ÅB: Noen av hans disipler sa da til hverandre: Hva er dette han sier til oss: Om en liten stund ser dere meg ikke, og om en liten stund skal dere se meg igjen; og: Jeg går til Faren?
OTB: Da sa noen av disiplene hans til hverandre: "Hva mener han med å si: 'Om en liten stund ser dere meg ikke lenger; og igjen, om en liten stund skal dere se meg,' og 'fordi jeg går til Faderen'?"
B1930: Nogen av hans disipler sa da til hverandre: Hvad er dette han sier til oss: Om en liten stund ser I mig ikke, og atter om en liten stund skal I se mig; og: Jeg går til Faderen?

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John 16:16
In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me.”
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Mark 9:32
But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.
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John 16:5
Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’
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John 14:5
“Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”
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John 16:19
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’?
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Mark 9:10
So they kept this matter to themselves, discussing what it meant to rise from the dead.
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Luke 18:34
But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.
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John 12:16
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.
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