John 16:17 meaning and explanation

Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”

John 16:17, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus has just told the disciples that in a little while they will not see Him, and then after a little while they will see Him, adding that He is going to the Father. The disciples speak among themselves rather than to Jesus, puzzled by the repeated phrase.

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