John 16:16

First Nations Version

“Soon I will be gone and you will not be able to see me, and then after a little while you will see me again.”

Cross References

John 7:33

“I will be gone soon,” he said to them. “I am returning to the one who sent me.

Acts 1:3

After he had suffered by being put to death on the cross, he returned to life and then appeared to his message bearers, giving them many proofs that he was truly alive again. For forty days he continued to appear to them, and through the Holy Spirit he instructed them further about Creator’s good road.

John 16:28

You now believe that I came from the Great Spirit. Yes, I came into this world from the Father, and now I am leaving this world and returning to the Father.”

John 16:22

It will be the same for you. You will have sorrow for now, but when I see you again, you will dance for joy. And no one will be able to take your joy from you.

Hebrews 12:2

This means we must keep our eyes on Creator Sets Free (Jesus), the trailblazer of our spiritual ways, the one who was first to reach the end of the trail. The joy that lay before him gave him the strength to suffer on the cross and willingly bear its shame. He now sits at Creator’s right hand in the place of greatest honor.

John 13:3

Creator Sets Free (Jesus) knew that his Father had put all things in his hands and that he had come from the Great Spirit and was returning to him.

John 16:5

but now I am going away. “I am returning to the one who sent me, but none of you are asking, ‘Where are you going?’ You are thinking only of yourselves

John 13:33

“My little children,” he said to them, “my time with you is almost gone. You will look for me, but where I am going you cannot follow. This is the same thing I said to the other Tribal Members and I now say to you.” His followers lifted their heads up and looked into the face of their Wisdomkeeper.

John 12:35

Creator Sets Free (Jesus) spoke to them with sadness in his voice. “My light will shine on you for only a little while longer, so walk in my light before the darkness comes, for the ones who walk in darkness cannot see the path.

Mark 16:19

When he was finished speaking to them, Creator Sets Free (Jesus), our great chief and Wisdomkeeper, was taken up into the spirit-world above to sit down at the right hand of the Great Spirit—the place of greatest honor, dignity, and power.

John 17:13

“I am returning to you now. But while I am still here, I pray for my followers, so they may share in my joy.

John 17:5

It is now time, my Father, for you to honor me with the beauty I shared at your side before you created all things.

John 16:10

The right ways of the spirit-world above will come when I return to the Father and they no longer see me.