John 16:17

Easy To Read Version

Some of the followers said to each other, “What does Jesus mean when he says, ‘After a short time you won’t see me. Then after another short time you will see me again’? And what does he mean when he says, ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”

Cross References

Mark 9:10

So the followers obeyed Jesus and said nothing about what they saw. But they discussed what Jesus meant about rising from death.

Mark 9:32

But the followers did not understand what Jesus meant. And they were afraid to ask him what he meant.

Luke 18:34

The apostles tried to understand this, but they could not; the meaning was hidden from them.

Luke 9:45

But the followers did not understand what Jesus meant. The meaning was hidden from them so that they could not understand it. But the followers were afraid to ask Jesus about what he said.

John 12:16

The followers of Jesus did not understand at that time what was happening. But after Jesus was raised to glory, they understood that these things were written about him. Then the followers remembered that they had done these things for him.

John 14:22

Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But Lord, why do you plan to show yourself to us, but not to the world?”

John 14:5

Thomas said, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going. So how can we know the way?”

John 16:1

“I have told you these things so that people will not be able to destroy your faith.

John 16:16

“After a short time you won’t see me. Then after another short time you will see me again.”

John 16:18

The followers asked, “What does he mean by ‘a short time’? We don’t understand what he is saying.”

John 16:19

Jesus saw that the followers wanted to ask him about this. So Jesus said to the followers, “Are you asking each other what I meant when I said, ‘After a short time you won’t see me. Then after another short time you will see me again’?

John 16:5

Now I am going back to the One who sent me. But none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’