John 16:17

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Some of the followers said to each other, “What does he 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

John 16:16

“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. And none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’

Mark 9:32

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

John 16:19

Jesus saw that the followers wanted to ask him about this. So he said to them, “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 14:5

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

John 12:16

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

Luke 18:34

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

Mark 9:10

So the followers waited to say anything about what they saw. But they discussed among themselves what Jesus meant about rising from death.

John 16:1

“I have told you all this so that you won’t lose your faith when you face troubles.

John 14:22

Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “Lord, how will you make yourself known to us, but not to the world?”

Luke 9:45

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

John 16:18

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