He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he meant to do.

He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who was about to betray him, though he was one of the Twelve.

(By this he meant the Spirit, which those who had believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit had not yet come, because Jesus had not yet been exalted.)

They did not understand that he meant the Father.

But Jesus meant that he was dead; they, however, supposed that he was speaking of natural sleep.

'He has blinded their eyes, and blunted their mind, so that they should not see with their eyes, and perceive with their mind, and turn--And I should heal them.'

The Devil had already put the thought of betraying Jesus into the mind of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon;

The disciples looked at one another, wondering whom he meant.

Some thought that, as Judas kept the purse, Jesus meant that he was to buy some things needed for the Festival, or to give something to the poor.

Jesus saw that they were wanting to ask him a question, and said: "Are you trying to find out from one another what I meant by saying 'In a little while you will not see me; and then in a little while you will see me indeed'?