John 16:17
Good News Translation
Some of his disciples asked among themselves, "What does this mean? He tells us that in a little while we will not see him, and then a little while later we will see him; and he also says, 'It is because I am going to the Father.'

New Revised Standard Version
Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying to us, ‘A little while, and you will no longer see me, and again a little while, and you will see me’; and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”

Contemporary English Version
They said to each other, "What does Jesus mean by saying that for a little while we won't see him, but after a while we will see him? What does he mean by saying he is going to the Father?

New American Bible
So some of his disciples said to one another, “What does this mean that he is saying to us, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me,’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then some of his disciples said one to another: What is this that he saith to us: A little while, and you shall not see me: and again a little while, and you shall see me, and, Because I go to the Father?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Then some of his disciples said one to another: What is this that he saith to us: A little while, and you shall not see me: and again a little while, and you shall see me, and, Because I go to the Father?

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John 16:1,5,19 These things have I spoken to you things have I spoken to you that you may not be scandalized. . . .

John 12:16 These things his disciples did not know at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him and that they had done these things to him.

John 14:5,22 Thomas saith to him: Lord, we know not whither thou goest. And how can we know the way? . . .

Mark 9:10,32 And they kept the word to themselves; questioning together what that should mean, when he shall be risen from the dead. . . .

Luke 9:45 But they understood not this word: and it was hid from them, so that they perceived it not. And they were afraid to ask him concerning this word.

Luke 18:34 And they understood none of these things, and this word was hid from them: and they understood not the things that were said.

Context
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16A little while, and now you shall not see me: and again a little while, and you shall see me: because I go to the Father. 17Then some of his disciples said one to another: What is this that he saith to us: A little while, and you shall not see me: and again a little while, and you shall see me, and, Because I go to the Father? 18They said therefore: What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he speaketh.…
Cross References
John 16:5
But I told you not these things from the beginning, because I was with you. And now I go to him that sent me, and none of you asketh me: Whither goest thou?

John 16:16
A little while, and now you shall not see me: and again a little while, and you shall see me: because I go to the Father.

John 16:18
They said therefore: What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he speaketh.

John 16:16
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