John 16:17
Then some of his disciples said to one another,“What is the meaning of what he is saying,‘In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me,’ and,‘because I am going to the Father’?”
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- Mark 9:32 : 32 But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.
- John 16:5 : 5 But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me,‘Where are you going?’
- John 16:16 : 16 In a little while you will see me no longer; again after a little while, you will see me.”
- Mark 9:10 : 10 They kept this statement to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead meant.
- John 16:19 : 19 Jesus could see that they wanted to ask him about these things, so he said to them,“Are you asking each other about this– that I said,‘In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me’?
- Luke 9:45 : 45 But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement.
- Luke 18:34 : 34 But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant.
- John 12:16 : 16 (His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened to him.)
- John 14:5 : 5 Thomas said,“Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”
- John 14:22 : 22 “Lord,” Judas(not Judas Iscariot) said,“what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”
- John 16:1 : 1 “I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away.
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- John 16:15-162 verses93%
15 Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you.
16 In a little while you will see me no longer; again after a little while, you will see me.”
- John 16:18-203 verses88%
18 So they kept on repeating,“What is the meaning of what he says,‘In a little while’? We do not understand what he is talking about.”
19 Jesus could see that they wanted to ask him about these things, so he said to them,“Are you asking each other about this– that I said,‘In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me’?
20 I tell you the solemn truth, you will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice; you will be sad, but your sadness will turn into joy.
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33 Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders,‘Where I am going you cannot come,’ now I tell you the same.
- John 7:33-364 verses80%
33 Then Jesus said,“I will be with you for only a little while longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me.
34 You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come.”
35 Then the Jewish leaders said to one another,“Where is he going to go that we cannot find him? He is not going to go to the Jewish people dispersed among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?
36 What did he mean by saying,‘You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come’?”
- John 14:18-203 verses80%
18 “I will not abandon you as orphans, I will come to you.
19 In a little while the world will not see me any longer, but you will see me; because I live, you will live too.
20 You will know at that time that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you.
- John 16:4-74 verses79%
4 But I have told you these things so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them.“I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you.
5 But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me,‘Where are you going?’
6 Instead your hearts are filled with sadness because I have said these things to you.
7 But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you.
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10 concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer;
- John 14:28-292 verses78%
28 You heard me say to you,‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.
29 I have told you now before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe.
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22 So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
- John 8:21-222 verses76%
21 Where Jesus Came From and Where He is Going Then Jesus said to them again,“I am going away, and you will look for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.”
22 So the Jewish leaders began to say,“Perhaps he is going to kill himself, because he says,‘Where I am going you cannot come.’”
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32 Look, a time is coming– and has come– when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me.
- John 16:28-292 verses75%
28 I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”
29 His disciples said,“Look, now you are speaking plainly and not in obscure figures of speech!
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25 “I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
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36 Simon Peter said to him,“Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied,“Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later.”
- John 14:3-53 verses74%
3 And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.
4 And you know the way where I am going.”
5 Thomas said,“Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”
- John 11:7-82 verses74%
7 Then after this, he said to his disciples,“Let us go to Judea again.”
8 The disciples replied,“Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death! Are you going there again?”
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62 Then what if you see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?
- John 6:66-672 verses73%
66 Peter’s Confession After this many of his disciples quit following him and did not accompany him any longer.
67 So Jesus said to the twelve,“You don’t want to go away too, do you?”
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25 “I have spoken these things while staying with you.
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17 Third Prediction of Jesus’ Death and Resurrection As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve aside privately and said to them on the way,
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16 So Thomas(called Didymus) said to his fellow disciples,“Let us go too, so that we may die with him.”
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10 Jesus’ Appearance to Mary Magdalene So the disciples went back to their homes.
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22 The Coming of the Son of Man Then he said to the disciples,“The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
- John 13:21-222 verses72%
21 When he had said these things, Jesus was greatly distressed in spirit, and testified,“I tell you the solemn truth, one of you will betray me.”
22 The disciples began to look at one another, worried and perplexed to know which of them he was talking about.
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16 Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever–
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35 Jesus replied,“The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
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31 but I am doing just what the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up, let us go from here.
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9 Jesus replied,“Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say,‘Show us the Father’?
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12 “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
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22 “Lord,” Judas(not Judas Iscariot) said,“what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?”
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7 But go, tell his disciples, even Peter, that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you.”