John 7:6

7:6 So Jesus replied, ¹  “My time ²  has not yet arrived, ³  but you are ready at any opportunity! ⁴ 

John 10:5

10:5 They will never follow a stranger, ⁵  but will run away from him, because they do not recognize ⁶  the stranger’s voice.” ⁷ 

John 11:6

11:6 So when he heard that Lazarus ⁸  was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days.

John 16:5

16:5 But now I am going to the one who sent me, ⁹  and not one of you is asking me, ‘Where are you going?’ ¹⁰ 

John 16:16

16:16 In a little while you ¹¹  will see me no longer; again after a little while, you ¹²  will see me.” ¹³ 

[7:6]  ¹ tn Grk “Then Jesus said to them.”

[7:6]  ² tn Or “my opportunity.”

[7:6]  ³ tn Or “is not yet here.”

[7:6]  ⁴ tn Grk “your time is always ready.”

[10:5]  ⁵ tn Or “someone whom they do not know.”

[10:5]  ⁶ tn Grk “know.”

[10:5]  ⁷ tn Or “the voice of someone they do not know.”

[11:6]  ⁹ tn Grk “that he”; the referent (Lazarus) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:5]  ¹³ sn Now the theme of Jesus’ impending departure is resumed (I am going to the one who sent me). It will also be mentioned in 16:10, 17, and 28. Jesus had said to his opponents in 7:33 that he was going to the one who sent him; in 13:33 he had spoken of going where the disciples could not come. At that point Peter had inquired where he was going, but it appears that Peter did not understand Jesus’ reply at that time and did not persist in further questioning. In 14:5 Thomas had asked Jesus where he was going.

[16:5]  ¹⁴ sn Now none of the disciples asks Jesus where he is going, and the reason is given in the following verse: They have been overcome with sadness as a result of the predictions of coming persecution that Jesus has just spoken to them in 15:18-25 and 16:1-4a. Their shock at Jesus’ revelation of coming persecution is so great that none of them thinks to ask him where it is that he is going.

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

[16:16]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “and again a little while, and you.”

[16:16]  ¹⁹ sn The phrase after a little while, you will see me is sometimes taken to refer to the coming of the Holy Spirit after Jesus departs, but (as at 14:19) it is much more probable that it refers to the postresurrection appearances of Jesus to the disciples. There is no indication in the context that the disciples will see Jesus only with “spiritual” sight, as would be the case if the coming of the Spirit is in view.