John 16:17

New International Reader's Version

After they heard this, some of his disciples spoke to one another. They said, “What does he mean by saying, ‘In a little while, you will no longer see me. Then after a little while, you will see me’? And what does he mean by saying, ‘I am going to the Father’?”

Cross References

Mark 9:10

So they kept the matter to themselves. But they asked each other what “rising from the dead” meant.

Mark 9:32

But they didn’t understand what he meant. And they were afraid to ask him about it.

Luke 18:34

The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them. So they didn’t know what Jesus was talking about.

Luke 9:45

But they didn’t understand what this meant. That was because it was hidden from them. And they were afraid to ask Jesus about it.

John 12:16

At first, Jesus’ disciples did not understand all this. They realized it only after he had received glory. Then they realized that these things had been written about him. They realized that these things had been done to him.

John 14:22

Then Judas spoke. “Lord,” he said, “why do you plan to show yourself only to us? Why not also to the world?” The Judas who spoke those words was not Judas Iscariot.

John 14:5

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

John 16:1

“I have told you all this so that you will not turn away from the truth.

John 16:16

Jesus continued, “In a little while, you will no longer see me. Then after a little while, you will see me.”

John 16:18

They kept asking, “What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand what he is saying.”

John 16:19

Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him about these things. So he said to them, “Are you asking one another what I meant? Didn’t you understand when I said, ‘In a little while, you will no longer see me. Then after a little while, you will see me’?

John 16:5

But now I am going to the one who sent me. None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’