15 All things that the Father hath, are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and show it unto you.

16 [a]A [b]little while, and ye shall not see me: and again a little while, and ye shall see me: [c]for I go to the Father.

17 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, For I go to the Father.

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Footnotes

  1. John 16:16 The grace of the holy Ghost is a most lively glass, wherein Christ is truly beholden with the most sharpsighted eyes of faith, and not with the bleared eyes of the flesh: whereby we feel a continual joy even in the midst of sorrows.
  2. John 16:16 When a little time is once past.
  3. John 16:16 For I pass to eternal glory, so that I shall be much more present with you, than I was before: for then you shall feel indeed what I am, and what I am able to do.

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