15 Everything that the Father has is mine. For this reason I said that he takes from what is mine and will proclaim it[a] to you.

Jesus Predicts His Return to the Disciples

16 “A little while and you will see me no more, and again a little while and you will see me. 17 So some of his disciples said to one another, “What is this 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 away to the Father’?”

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Footnotes

  1. John 16:15 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation

15 All that belongs to the Father is mine.(A) That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.”

The Disciples’ Grief Will Turn to Joy

16 Jesus went on to say, “In a little while(B) you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.”(C)

17 At this, some of his disciples said to one another, “What does he mean by saying, ‘In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me,’(D) and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”(E)

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