John 16:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

They said to each other, “What does Jesus mean by saying that for a little while we won't see him, but after a while we will see him? What does he mean by saying that he is going to the Father?

Cross References

Mark 9:10

So they kept it to themselves. But they wondered what he meant by the words “raised from death”.

Mark 9:32

The disciples did not understand what Jesus meant, and they were afraid to ask.

Luke 18:34

The apostles did not understand what Jesus was talking about. They could not understand, because the meaning of what he said was hidden from them.

Luke 9:45

But the disciples did not know what he meant. The meaning was hidden from them. They could not understand it, and they were afraid to ask.

John 12:16

At first, Jesus' disciples did not understand. But after he had been given his glory, they remembered all this. Everything had happened exactly as the Scriptures said it would.

John 14:22

The other Judas, not Judas Iscariot, then spoke up and asked, “Lord, what do you mean by saying that you will show us what you are like, but you will not show the people of this world?”

John 14:5

Thomas said, “Lord, we don't even know where you are going! How can we know the way?”

John 16:1

I am telling you this to keep you from being afraid.

John 16:16

Jesus told his disciples, “For a little while you won't see me, but after a while you will see me.”

John 16:18

What is this ‘little while’ that he is talking about? We don't know what he means.”

John 16:19

Jesus knew that they had some questions, so he said: You are wondering what I meant when I said that for a little while you won't see me, but after a while you will see me.

John 16:5

But now I am going back to the Father who sent me, and none of you asks me where I am going.