John 16:5

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

“But now I am going to Him who sent me; yet none of you is asking me, ‘Where are you going?’

Cross References

John 13:3

Jesus, who knew that the Father had given Him complete authority, [also] knew that He had come from God and was [about] to return to God.

John 13:36

Simon Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered, “You cannot follow me where I am going now, but you will [be able to] follow later.”

John 14:28

You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away and I am returning to you.’ If you [really] loved me, you would have been happy that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

John 16:10

[It will be shown] what is right because I am going [back] to the Father and you will not see me anymore.

John 16:16

“After a little while [longer] you will not see me anymore. Then a little while [later] you will see me again.”

John 16:17

Then some of Jesus’ disciples said to one another, “What is this He is telling us: ‘After a little while [longer] you will not see me. Then, a little while [later] you will see me again,’ and ‘Because I am going [back] to the Father’?” [See verse 10].

John 16:28

I came from the Father into this world and now I am leaving the world and returning to the Father.”

John 17:13

But now I am coming to you, and I am speaking these things [while still] in the world, so that they [i.e., the apostles] may have my joy within them in all its fullness.

John 17:4

I am honoring you [while] on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.

John 6:62

Then what if you were to see the Son of man going up [i.e., to heaven] where He was before?

John 7:33

Therefore, Jesus said, “I will be with you for a little while longer, then I will go to the Father who sent me.

Hebrews 1:3

This Son expresses the radiance of God’s splendor and represents His very Being, and He sustains everything by His powerful word. After He had provided cleansing for [people’s] sins, He sat down at the right side of the Majesty [i.e., God] on high [i.e., in heaven].

Hebrews 12:2

We should fix our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and completer of the [or, “our”] faith. [Note: Jesus is here pictured as the one who completely fulfills the life of faith, or who provides us with the ability to live such a life]. [And] because He could look forward to joy, He endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right side of God’s throne.