Joh 16:16 | Family | STEP | A little while ; the Saviour designedly puts these words into the form of a divine riddle, to be solved by the event. Ye shall not see me ; because he would be removed from their presence by death. Ye shall see me ; they should see him in his personal presence after his resurrection. This, however, should be only the earnest of a more glorious spiritual vision of him through the Comforter, after his ascension to heaven. Compare chap Joh 14:19 . Because I do to the Father ; it was by his death, resurrection, and ascension that Christ went to the Father, and these three events are here considered as constituting one whole.

John 16:16

A little while ; the Saviour designedly puts these words into the form of a divine riddle, to be solved by the event. Ye shall not see me ; because he would be removed from their presence by death. Ye shall see me ; they should see him in his personal presence after his resurrection. This, however, should be only the earnest of a more glorious spiritual vision of him through the Comforter, after his ascension to heaven. Compare chap Joh 14:19 . Because I do to the Father ; it was by his death, resurrection, and ascension that Christ went to the Father, and these three events are here considered as constituting one whole.