¹⁷ Then some of His disciples said among themselves, “What is this that He says to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me’; and, ‘because I go to the Father’?”

Sorrow Will Turn to Joy

¹⁶ “A ^(A)little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, ^(B)because I go to the Father.”

The Work of the Holy Spirit

⁵ “But now I ^(A)go away to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

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

¹⁹ Now Jesus knew that they desired to ask Him, and He said to them, “Are you inquiring among yourselves about what I said, ‘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, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?”

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

^34 (A)But they understood none of these things; this saying was hidden from them, and they did not know the things which were spoken.

¹⁰ So they kept this word to themselves, questioning ^(A)what the rising from the dead meant.

Jesus Warns and Comforts His Disciples

16 “These things I have spoken to you, that you ^(A)should not be made to stumble.