What does John 16:16 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"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."
JOHN 16:16 o;yesqe, me {A} Wishing to prepare for the disciples’ question in ver. John 16:17 about Jesus’ going to the Father (and overlooking Jesus’ statement in ver. John 16:10), after o;yesqe, me...
Verse John 16:16. _A LITTLE WHILE_] He had but a few hours to live. _AND YE SHALL NOT SEE ME_] I shall be hidden from your view in the grave. _AGAIN A LITTLE WHILE_] In three days after my death: _...
A LITTLE WHILE - His death would occur in a short time. It took place the next day. See John 14:19. YE SHALL NOT SEE ME - That is, he would be concealed from their view in the tomb. AND AGAIN A LITT...
CHAPTER 16 1. Persecutions Predicted. (John 16:1 .) 2. The Comforter and His Demonstration. (John 16:7 .) 3. Sorrow and joy. (John 16:16 .) 4. The Father Himself Loveth You. (John 16:23 .) 5. His...
JOHN 16. There is no break between chs. 15 and 16. Jesus has told them beforehand, so that His death and their suffering may not daunt their faith, as the Baptist was offended by the course of the min...
LITTLE WHILE, AND YE SHALL NOT SEE ME: AGAIN,. LITTLE WHILE, AND YE SHALL SEE ME. On the morrow he would die at the ninth hour; that evening he would be buried, and for "a little while," three days a...
WARNING AND CHALLENGE (John 16:1-4)...
A LITTLE WHILE. See on John 13:33. SHALL NOT SEE ME. Most of the texts read, "see (App-133.) Me no more". SEE. App-133 :. a. Not the same word as in first clause. BECAUSE, &c.. Tr.. WI. omit this c...
The sorrow of Christ's departure turned into joy by His return 16. _ye shall not see me_ Better, _ye_ BEHOLD ME NO MORE (comp. John 16:10): the verb for -see" in the second half of the verse is a mor...
After ὌΨΕΣΘΈ ΜΕ omit ὅτι ἐγὼ ὑπάγω πρὸς τὸν πατέρα (inserted from John 16:17) with אBDL against A. 16. ΘΕΩΡΕΙ͂ΤΕ. YE BEHOLD, as in John 16:10; John 16:17. Mark the difference between this and the mor...
Ver 16. A little while, and you shall not see me; and again, a little while, and you shall see me, because I go to the Father. 17. Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that h...
ΌΨΕΣΘΕ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΌΡΆΩ (G3708) видеть....
A LITTLE WHILE, AND YE SHALL NOT SEE ME:— Our Lord hinted to them, that it was their interest, as well as their duty, to rivet all these things in their memory, because they were his dying words. A fe...
THE SPIRIT WILL REVEAL LATER MANY THINGS WITHHELD _Text: John 16:12-24_ 12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come he...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 16:12-22 Below is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— 1. The need for the Spirit’s coming, verse 12. 2. The purpose of the Spirit’s coming,...
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, [ theooreite (G2334)] - 'and ye behold...
12 The words of our Lord preserved for us in the four accounts of His life come very far from giving us all that He had to say. They were sadly limited by the incapacity of His hearers. Even His close...
THE RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION OF CHRIST WILL PROVE THE DISCIPLES' COMFORT IN TIME OF PERSECUTION 1-6. The Persecution of the Apostles predicted. This section repeats many of the ideas of the previou...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 16 JESUS CONTINUES TO TEACH ABOUT THE *HOLY SPIRIT 16:1-15 V1 ‘I have told all this to you so that these troubles will n...
A LITTLE WHILE, AND YE SHALL NOT SEE ME. — The better reading is, _A little while, and ye no longer behold Me._ For the sense, comp. Notes on John 14:18. The time here referred to is that between the...
XV. _ LAST WORDS._ "A little while, and ye behold Me no more; and again a little while, and ye shall see Me. Some of His disciples therefore said one to another, What is this that He saith unto us, A...
Μικρὸν καὶ οὐ θεωρεῖτέ με καὶ πάλιν μικρὸν καὶ ὄψεσθέ με. The first “little while” is the time till the following day; the second “little while,” the time till the resurrection, when they would see Hi...
LOOKING BEYOND PRESENT SORROW John 16:12-24 The disciples were terribly overwrought by the events of the last few days, the reversal of their cherished hopes, and the growing darkness and sorrow of...
Throughout these discourses our Lord was preparing His disciples for all that He saw coming to them. He told them that they would have sorrow resulting from their suffering. Because of this, it was ne...
(6) A (f) little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, (g) because I go to the Father. (6) The grace of the Holy Spirit is a most distinct mirror in which Ch...
a little while, and now you shall not see me, &c. Many expound these words in this manner: that after a little while, you shall not see me, because even to-morrow, I shall be taken from you by death:...
CHAPTER 23 THE VALEDICTORY SERMON John 14-16. Now that the Passover meal has been enjoyed, and that celebrated Mosaic institution totally eclipsed by bloody Calvary, normally verified and abolished...
“ _Yet a little while, and you see me no more;again, a little while, and you shall see me, because I go to the Father._ 17. _Therefore some of his disciples said among themselves: What does this mean,...
All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shew it unto you. (16) A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see...
In John 15:1-27 our Lord substitutes Himself for Israel, as the plant of God, responsible to bear fruit for Him on earth (not merely for man, as such, openly sinful and lost). He takes the place of th...
_ABSENT AND PRESENT_ ‘A little while, and ye shall not see Me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see Me.’ John 16:16 In the first part of the sentence our Lord evidently referred to the time...
16._A little while, and you do not see me. _Christ had often forewarned the apostles of his departure, partly that they might bear it with greater courage, partly that they might desire more ardently...
In chapter 16 a further step is taken in the revelation of this grace. The Holy Ghost is looked upon as already here below. In this chapter the Lord declares that He has set forth all His instruction...
A LITTLE WHILE AND YE SHALL NOT SEE ME,.... Meaning, that he should be quickly taken from them by death. And in a very little time after this, having put up a prayer for them, recorded in the next cha...
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 wh...
John 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." A little while, and ye shall not see me, _i.e._ when I ascend into he...
_A little while_ When I am dead and buried; _and ye shall not see me_ I shall not converse with you on earth, as I have hitherto done; _and again_ For your encouragement and comfort, I assure you it w...
A LITTLE WHILE; the Saviour designedly puts these words into the form of a divine riddle, to be solved by the event. YE SHALL NOT SEE ME; because he would be removed from their presence by death. YE...
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....
All that the Lord spoke on that memorable night was intended for the preparation of His disciples for what would face them in view of His death, resurrection and return to the glory. There would be st...
16-22 It is good to consider how near our seasons of grace are to an end, that we may be quickened to improve them. But the sorrows of the disciples would soon be turned into joy; as those of a mother...
I must die, and so for two or three days you shall not see me; but after that you shall see me again, when I shall be risen from the dead: but because of the last words, BECAUSE I GO TO THE FATHER, wh...
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“A little while and you see me no more, and again a little while and you will see me.” The meaning of this verse is amplified in the following verses. He is departing from them and in human terms the...
We have already considered the circumstances under which the two Chapter s upon which we now enter were spoken; and, if we have been correct in the view taken of them, we are not to imagine that the f...
A LITTLE WHILE (μικρον). The brief period now till Christ's death as in John 7:33; John 13:33; John 14:19.AGAIN A LITTLE WHILE (παλιν μικρον). The period between the death and the resurrection of...
John 16:16 Christ Visible to Loving Hearts What Christ here promises is something special and interior; deeper and more intimate; the peculiar gift of those who "keep His commandments." It is a mani...
John 16:1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended._ Or, «made to stumble.» Christ would not have you who are his people caused to stumble by anything that happens to you...
CONTENTS: Warning of persecutions. The promise of the Spirit and His three-fold work. Jesus talks of His death, resurrection and second coming. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, God, disciples. CONCLU...
John 16:1. _These things have I spoken, that ye should not be offended,_ so as to stumble and shrink back from the cause in which you are engaged. Expulsion from the synagogue was to a jew next to dea...
IN A LITTLE WHILE. The next day he would die and be buried. For a little while they would not see him. He would rise from death the third day, and they would see him again for a little while. When he...
_A little while and ye shall not see Me_ CHRIST VISIBLE TO LOVING HEARTS This was a strange saying, and a stranger reason. How should His going away be the pledge of their seeing Him again? There ha...
JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 16:16 A LITTLE WHILE... AGAIN A LITTLE WHILE. The first reference is plainly to the brief period between the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. The second reference is to the res...
1-33 CHAPTER 16 VER. 1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended._ (1.) Some think that this refers to Matt. xxvi. 31, _All ye shall be offended because of Me this night._...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 16:16. See John 14:19. A LITTLE WHILE.—The last clause omitted by, B, D, L, etc. John 16:17. THEN SAID HIS DISCIPLES, ETC.—They did not, could not, comprehend ye...
EXPOSITION JOHN 16:1 (c) _The bitter issues of the hostility of the world_. JOHN 16:1 THESE THINGS. What things? Primarily the explanation he had given of the opposition and hatred of the world, a...
Shall we turn to John's gospel, chapter 16. Now, these words in the sixteenth chapter have to be understood with the background as Jesus has been in the upper room with His disciples. He has told them...
John 12:16; John 14:22; John 14:5; John 16:1; John 16:19; John 16:5; Luke 18:34; Luke 9:45; Mark 9:10; Mark 9:32...
Ye shall not see [ο υ θ ε ω ρ ε ι τ ε]. The present tense : "ye behold me no more." So Rev. Ye shall see [ο ψ ε σ θ ε]. A different verb for seeing is used here. For the distinction, see on 1 18. Qew...
THE HOLY SPIRIT CHAPTER John 16:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The sixteenth chapter of John contains a part of our Lord's last message before He went out to Gethsemane and on to the Cross. The disciples wer...
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...
In these words our holy Lord proceeds to comfort his disciples with. promise, that, however he was now to be removed from them, yet they should shortly see him again, namely, after his resurrection; i...