John 16:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?””
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“Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Some of his disciples therefore said one to another, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye behold me not; and again a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Therefore said <FI>some<Fi> of his disciples one to another, `What is this that he saith to us, A little while, and ye do not behold me, and again a little while, and ye shall see me, and, Because I go away unto the Father?'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 16:17 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Mark 9:10So they kept this matter to themselves, discussing what it meant to rise from the dead.
- Mark 9:32But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.
- Luke 9:45But they did not understand this statement. It was veiled from them so that they could not comprehend it, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.
- Luke 18:34But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.
- John 12:16At first His disciples did not understand these things, but after Jesus was glorified they remembered what had been done to Him, and they realized that these very things had also been written about Him.
- John 14:5“Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”
- John 14:22Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”
- John 16:1“I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.
- John 16:5Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’
- John 16:16In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me.”
- John 16:19Aware that they wanted to question Him, Jesus said to them, “Are you asking one another why I said, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’?
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