John 16:8-18

8 And [when he] comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and concerning righteousness and concerning judgment:
9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me,
10 and concerning righteousness, because I am going away to the Father and you will see me no more,
11 and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned.
12 I still have many [things] to say to you, but you are not able to bear [them] now.
13 But when he--the Spirit of truth--comes, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak from himself, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will proclaim to you the things to come.
14 He will glorify me, because he will take from what [is] mine and will proclaim [it] to you.
15 Everything that the Father has is mine. For this [reason] I said that he takes from what [is] mine and will proclaim [it] to you.

Jesus Predicts His Return to the Disciples

16 "A little [while] and you will see me no more, and again a little [while] and you will see me.
17 So some of his disciples said to one another, "What is this that he is saying to us, 'A little [while] and you will not see me, and again a little [while] and you will see me,' and 'Because I am going away to the Father'?"
18 So they kept on saying, "What is this that he is saying, 'A little [while]'? We do not understand what he is speaking about!"

Footnotes 4

  • [a]. *Here "[when]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("comes") which is understood as temporal
  • [b]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  • [c]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  • [d]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
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