John 16:17

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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?

Cross References

Mark 9:10

So they carefully and faithfully kept the matter to themselves, questioning and disputing with one another about what rising from among the dead meant.

Mark 9:32

But they did not comprehend what He was saying, and they were afraid to ask Him [what this statement meant].

Luke 18:34

But they understood nothing of these things; His words were a mystery and hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was telling them.

Luke 9:45

However, they did not comprehend this saying; and it was kept hidden from them, so that they should not grasp it and understand, and they were afraid to ask Him about the statement.

John 12:16

His disciples did not understand and could not comprehend the meaning of these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified and exalted, they remembered that these things had been written about Him and had been done to Him.

John 14:22

Judas, not Iscariot, asked Him, Lord, how is it that You will reveal Yourself [make Yourself real] to us and not to the world?

John 14:5

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

John 16:1

I HAVE told you all these things, so that you should not be offended (taken unawares and falter, or be caused to stumble and fall away). [I told you to keep you from being scandalized and repelled.]

John 16:16

In a little while you will no longer see Me, and again after a short while you will see Me.

John 16:18

What does He mean by a little while? We do not know or understand what He is talking about.

John 16:19

Jesus knew that they wanted to ask Him, so He said to them, Are you wondering and inquiring among yourselves what I meant when I said, In a little while you will no longer see Me, and again after a short while 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?