John 16:17 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹⁷ 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’?”

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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?' "

John 16:17 Cross References

Mark 9:10

So they kept the matter to themselves, questioning what the rising from the dead meant.

Mark 9:32

But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask him.

Luke 18:34

But they understood none of these things; this saying was hid from them, and they did not grasp what was said.

Luke 9:45

But they did not understand this saying, and it was concealed from them, that they should not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask him about this saying.

John 12:16

His disciples did not understand this at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that this 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 manifest 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 all this to you to keep you from falling away.

John 16:16

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

John 16:18

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

John 16:19

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’?

John 16:5

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