¹⁷ So ^(A)some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this that he says to us, ^(B)‘A little while, and you will not see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and, ^(C)‘because I am going to the Father’?”

Your Sorrow Will Turn into Joy

^16 (A)“A little while, and you will see me no longer; and ^(B)again a little while, and you will see me.”

⁵ But now ^(A)I am going to him who sent me, and ^(B)none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’

^32 (A)But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him.

^19 (A)Jesus knew that they wanted to ask him, so he said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I meant by saying, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’?

^5 (A)Thomas said to him, “Lord, ^(B)we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?”

^16 (A)His disciples did not understand these things at first, but ^(B)when Jesus was glorified, then ^(C)they remembered that these things had been written about him and had been done to him.

^34 (A)But they understood none of these things. ^(B)This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what was said.

^10 (A)So they kept the matter to themselves, ^(B)questioning what this rising from the dead might mean.

16 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away.