John 16:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying to us, ‘A little while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while, and you will see me,’ and ‘because I am going to the Father’?”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ So some of His disciples questioned among themselves, What does He mean when He tells us, In a little while you will no longer see Me, and again after a short while you will see Me, and, Because I go to My Father?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ 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?

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Some of Jesus’ disciples said to each other, “What does he mean: ‘Soon you won’t see me, and soon after that you will see me’ and ‘Because I’m going to the Father’?

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Then some of his disciples said to one another: "What is this, that he is saying to us: 'A little while, and you will not see me,' and 'Again a little while, and you will see me,' and, 'For I am going to the Father?' "

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Then some of the disciples said one to another: What is this that he saith to us: A little while, and you shall not see me; and again a little while, and you shall see me, and, because I go to the Father?

John 16:17 Cross References

Mark 9:10

So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what this rising from the dead could mean.

Mark 9:32

But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him.

Luke 18:34

But they understood nothing about all these things; in fact, what he said was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.

Luke 9:45

But they did not understand this saying; its meaning remained concealed from them, so that they could not perceive it. And they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

John 12:16

His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things had been written of him and had been done to him.

John 14:22

Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”

John 14:5

Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?”

John 16:1

“I have said these things to you to keep you from falling away.

John 16:16

“A little while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while, and you will see me.”

John 16:18

They said, “What does he mean by this ‘a little while’? We do not know what he is talking about.”

John 16:19

Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Are you discussing among yourselves what I meant when I said, ‘A little while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’?

John 16:5

But now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’