And he said to them, “O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
John 16:18 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) They said, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We do not know what he means.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition What does He mean by a little while? We do not know or understand what He is talking about. American Standard Version (1901) They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he saith. Common English Bible What does he mean by ‘soon’? We don’t understand what he’s talking about.” Catholic Public Domain Version And they said: "What is this, that he is saying, 'A little while?' We do not understand what he is saying." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They said therefore: What is this that he saith, A little while? we know not what he speaketh. |
And he said to them, “O foolish men, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
Some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, ‘because I go to the Father’?”
Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him; so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, ‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’?
For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need some one to teach you again the first principles of God's word. You need milk, not solid food;