John 16:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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.”

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Referenced Verses

  • Matt 16:9-9 : 9 Do you still not understand? Don’t you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up? 10 Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many baskets you took up? 11 How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!”
  • Luke 24:25 : 25 So he said to them,“You foolish people– how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
  • Heb 5:12 : 12 For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God’s utterances. You have gone back to needing milk, not solid food.

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    32But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him.

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