“Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, “What is this that he says to us,‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;’and,‘Because I go to the Father’?”
John 16:17 (WEB)
Context Reading
15All things that the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takesof mine and will declare it to you. 16“A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me.” 17Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, “What is this that he says to us,‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;’and,‘Because I go to the Father’?” 18They said therefore, “What is this that he says,‘A little while’? We don’t know what he is saying.” 19Therefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them,“Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, ‘A little while, and you won’t see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’?