John 16:16-18

Holman Christian Standard Bible

Sorrow Turned to Joy

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

¹⁷ Therefore some of His disciples said to one another, “What is this He tells us: ‘A little while and you will not see Me; again a little while and you will see Me’; and, ‘because I am going to the Father’^(C)?” ¹⁸ They said, “What is this He is saying,^[b] ‘A little while’? We don’t know what He’s talking about!”