John 16:18 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

¹⁸ So they kept saying, “What does he mean by saying, ‘A little while’? We do not know what he is talking about.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ What does He mean by a little while? We do not know or understand what He is talking about.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he saith.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ What does he mean by ‘soon’? We don’t understand what he’s talking about.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ And they said: "What is this, that he is saying, 'A little while?' We do not understand what he is saying."

John 16:18 Tagairtí Cros

Luke 24:25

Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish men, how slow of heart you are to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

John 16:17

Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying to us, ‘In a little while you are not going to see me; and again after a little while, you will see me,’ and, ‘For I am going to the Father’?”

John 16:19

Jesus knew 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 not see me; and again after a little while, you will see me’?

Hebrews 5:12

For though you ought to be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food.