John 16:17

New International Version

At this, some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me,’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”

Cross References

Mark 9:10

They kept the matter to themselves, discussing what “rising from the dead” meant.

Mark 9:32

But they did not understand what he meant and were afraid to ask him about it.

Luke 18:34

The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them, and they did not know what he was talking about.

Luke 9:45

But they did not understand what this meant. It was hidden from them, so that they did not grasp it, and they were afraid to ask him about it.

John 12:16

At first his disciples did not understand all this. Only after Jesus was glorified did they realize that these things had been written about him and that these things had been done to him.

John 14:22

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

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

“All this I have told you so that you will not fall away.

John 16:16

Jesus went on to say, “In a little while you will see me no more, and 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 this, so he said to them, “Are you asking one another what I meant when I said, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me’?

John 16:5

but now I am going to him who sent me. None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’