John Chapter 16 verse 18 Holy Bible
They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he saith.
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So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us.
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They said therefore, What is this which he says [of] the little while? We do not know [of] what he speaks.
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They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
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They said therefore, "What is this that he says, 'A little while?' We don't know what he is saying."
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they said then, `What is this he saith -- the little while? we have not known what he saith.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - They said, What is this little while whereof he speaketh? (λέγει; Vulgate, dicit). (The R.T. and Westcott and Hort invert the τοῦτο and τί, and thus greatly increase the simplicity of the passage.) What are these two short periods of which he speaks, so full of mysterious significance? We know not what he saith (λαλεῖ; Vulgate, loquitur). We do not apprehend the wonderful interchange of vision and blank darkness - of presence and absence and presence again!
