John 16:17
Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?
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Gill's Exposition
Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him,.... This is a proof of Christ's deity, that he is the omniscient God who knows all things, what is in man, even the secrets of the heart; for he not…
Our Lord Jesus, for the comfort of his sorrowful disciples, here promises that he would visit them again.
I. Observe the intimation he gave them of the comfort he designed them, Joh 16:16. Here he…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Then … disciples Better, Some of His disciples therefore said.
among themselves Better, as in Joh 4:33, one to another; so also in Joh 19:24. The Greek for -among themselves" (Joh 12:19) is…
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