John 16:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

John 14:19

A little while

1 Corinthians 15:5

Because

Hebrews 12:2

Bible References

A

"But now I am going to the one who sent me. Yet none of you asks me, "Where are you going?'

Then Jesus said, "I'll be with you only a little while longer, and then I'm going back to the one who sent me.

Jesus replied to the crowd, "The light is among you only for a short time. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The person who walks in the darkness is in the darkness and does not know where he is going.

Little children, I'm with you only a little longer. You will look for me, but what I told the Jewish leaders I now tell you, "Where I'm going, you cannot come.'

"In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.

A little while

It was the evening of the first day of the week, and the doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Jesus came and stood among them. He told them, "Peace be with you."

Later on, Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias. This is what happened:

After he had suffered, he had shown himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during a period of 40 days and telling them about the kingdom of God.

"They hung him on a tree and killed him, but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear

and he was seen by Cephas, and then by the Twelve.

Because

I left the Father and came into the world. Now I'm leaving the world and going back to the Father."

Because Jesus knew that the Father had given everything into his control, that he had come from God, and that he was returning to God,

"So now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world existed.

So the Lord Jesus, after talking with his disciples, was taken up to heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

fixing our attention on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of the faith, who, in view of the joy set before him, endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.