A: John 16:5, John 16:10, John 16:17-Psalms :, John 7:33, John 12:35, John 13:33, John 14:19 a little while: John 20:19-Joel :, John 21:1-Isaiah :, Acts 1:3, Acts 10:40, Acts 10:41, 1 Corinthians 15:5-1 Samuel : because: John 16:28, John 13:3, John 17:5, John 17:13, Mark 16:19, Hebrews 12:2 Reciprocal: Luke 5:35 - when Luke 17:22 - when Luke 24:44 - while John 14:28 - heard John 16:19 - A little John 16:25 - proverbs read more
A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.A little while and ye shall not see me — When I am buried: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me - When I am risen: because I go to my Father - I die and rise again, in order to ascend to my Father. read more
16. Not see me… see me Two different Greek words are here used, both translated by the word see. The former, θεωρειτε , signifies the seeing either by the bodily or the mental eye. The latter, οψεσθε , signifies more properly bodily sight alone. Hence Jesus here declares that during the little while of his departure he would be lost to both their bodily and their spiritual view, while his return would be to their physical sight. This fact alone, in our opinion, decides that it is his... read more
16-29. From this high strain the Master now touches a humbler and gentler chord the immediate present. He recurs again to the little while of his absence; and, being drawn out by the queries of his disciples, he contrasts the grief of that little while of absence with the joy of his return at his resurrection, and the high apostolic privileges which that resurrection should inaugurate. read more
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John Trapp Complete Commentary - John 16:16
16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. Ver. 16. A little while, and ye shall not see me ] This "little" seemed a long while to them, so that they began to doubt (though it were but the third day after his death) whether or not it were he that should redeem Israel,Luke 24:21; Luke 24:21 . ( Dubito, a duo et ito, Becman. Sic Διστασις .) God’s help seems long, because we are short. A short walk is a long journey... read more