John 1:39

1:39 Jesus ¹  answered, ²  “Come and you will see.” So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. Now it was about four o’clock in the afternoon. ³ 

John 1:51

1:51 He continued, ⁴  “I tell all of you the solemn truth ⁵  – you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.” ⁶ 

John 16:17

16:17 Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What is the meaning of what he is saying, ⁷  ‘In a little while you ⁸  will not see me; again after a little while, you ⁹  will see me,’ and, ‘because I am going to the Father’?” ¹⁰ 

John 16:19

16:19 Jesus could see ¹¹  that they wanted to ask him about these things, ¹²  so ¹³  he said to them, “Are you asking ¹⁴  each other about this – that I said, ‘In a little while you ¹⁵  will not see me; again after a little while, you ¹⁶  will see me’?

[1:39]  ¹ tn Grk “He”; the referent (Jesus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[1:39]  ² tn Grk “said to them.”

[1:39]  ³ tn Grk “about the tenth hour.”

[1:51]  ⁴ tn Grk “and he said to him.”

[1:51]  ⁵ tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”

[1:51]  ⁶ sn The title Son of Man appears 13 times in John’s Gospel. It is associated especially with the themes of crucifixion (3:14; 8:28), revelation (6:27; 6:53), and eschatological authority (5:27; 9:35). The title as used in John’s Gospel has for its background the son of man figure who appears in Dan 7:13-14 and is granted universal regal authority. Thus for the author, the emphasis in this title is not on Jesus’ humanity, but on his heavenly origin and divine authority.

[16:17]  ⁷ tn Grk “What is this that he is saying to us.”

[16:17]  ⁸ tn Grk “A little while, and you.”

[16:17]  ⁹ tn Grk “and again a little while, and you.”

[16:17]  ¹⁰ sn These fragmentary quotations of Jesus’ statements are from 16:16 and 16:10, and indicate that the disciples heard only part of what Jesus had to say to them on this occasion.

[16:19]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “knew.”

[16:19]  ¹¹ tn The words “about these things” are not in the Greek text, but are implied. Direct objects were often omitted in Greek when clear from the context.

[16:19]  ¹² tn Καί (kai) has been translated as “so” here to indicate the following statement is a result of Jesus’ observation in v. 19a.

[16:19]  ¹³ tn Grk “inquiring” or “seeking.”

[16:19]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “A little while, and you.”

[16:19]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “and again a little while, and you.”