John 16:18-19

16:18 So they kept on repeating, ¹  “What is the meaning of what he says, ²  ‘In a little while’? ³  We do not understand ⁴  what he is talking about.” ⁵ 

16:19 Jesus could see ⁶  that they wanted to ask him about these things, ⁷  so ⁸  he said to them, “Are you asking ⁹  each other about this – that I said, ‘In a little while you ¹⁰  will not see me; again after a little while, you ¹¹  will see me’?

[16:18]  ¹ tn Grk “they kept on saying.”

[16:18]  ² tn Grk “What is this that he says.”

[16:18]  ³ tn Grk “A little while.” Although the phrase τὸ μικρόν (to mikron) in John 16:18 could be translated simply “a little while,” it was translated “in a little while” to maintain the connection to John 16:16, where it has the latter meaning in context.

[16:18]  ⁴ tn Or “we do not know.”

[16:18]  ⁵ tn Grk “what he is speaking.”

[16:19]  ⁶ tn Grk “knew.”

[16:19]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ 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]  ⁹ tn Grk “inquiring” or “seeking.”

[16:19]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “A little while, and you.”

[16:19]  ¹¹ tn Grk “and again a little while, and you.”