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John 16:17

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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ASV

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?

KJV

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?

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31 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
εἶπανeipanSaidG2036 →
οὖνounthereforeG3767 →
ἐκek[some] ofG1537 →
τῶνtōntheG3588 →
μαθητῶνmathētōndisciplesG3101 →
αὐτοῦautouof himG846 →
πρὸςprostoG4314 →
ἀλλήλους·allēlousone another;G240 →
τίtiWhatG5101 →
ἐστινestinisG1510 →
τοῦτοtoutothisG3778 →
ὃhothatG3739 →
λέγειlegeiHe saysG3004 →
ἡμῖν·hēminto us;G3165 →
μικρὸνmikronA little [while]G3398 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
οὐounotG3756 →
θεωρεῖτέtheōreiteyou do beholdG2334 →
με,meMe,G3165 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
πάλινpalinagainG3825 →
μικρὸνmikrona little [while]G3398 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ὄψεσθέopsestheyou will beholdG3700 →
με;meMe’?G3165 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ὅτιhotiBecauseG3754 →
ὑπάγωhupagōI am goingG5217 →
πρὸςprostoG4314 →
τὸνtontheG3588 →
πατέρα;pateraFather’?G3962 →

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John 16:16In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me.”John 16:5Now, however, I am going to Him who sent Me; yet none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’Mark 9:32But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him about it.John 14:5“Lord,” said Thomas, “we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way?”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’?Mark 9:10So they kept this matter to themselves, discussing what it meant to rise from the dead.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.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 16:30Now we understand that You know all things and that You have no need for anyone to question You. Because of this, we believe that You came from God.”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.John 16:1“I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.John 14:22Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”John 13:36“Lord, where are You going?” Simon Peter asked. Jesus answered, “Where I am going, you cannot follow Me now, but you will follow later.”

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