John 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 

biblegateway Joh 16:18

They kept asking, "What does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand what he is saying."

biblegateway Joh 16:18

So they were saying, "What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is talking about."

biblegateway Joh 16:18

And what does he mean by ‘a little while’? We don’t understand."

biblegateway Joh 16:18

What is this 'day or so'? We don't know what he's talking about."

SABDAweb Joh 16:18

So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us.

bibleoremus Joh 16:18

They said, "What does he mean by this ‘a little while’? We do not know what he is talking about."

biblegateway Joh 16:18

They said therefore, "What is this that He says, ‘A little while’? We do not know what He is saying."

biblegateway Joh 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 

¹ tn Grk “they kept on saying.”

² tn Grk “What is this that he says.”

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.

⁴ tn Or “we do not know.”

⁵ tn Grk “what he is speaking.”