John 16:17

16:17 Then some of his disciples said to one another, “What is the meaning of what he is saying, 1  ‘In a little while you 2  will not see me; again after a little while, you 3  will see me,’ and, ‘because I am going to the Father’?” 4 

John 21:23

21:23 So the saying circulated 5  among the brothers and sisters 6  that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not say to him that he was not going to die, but rather, “If I want him to live 7  until I come back, 8  what concern is that of yours?”

1 tn Grk “What is this that he is saying to us.”

2 tn Grk “A little while, and you.”

3 tn Grk “and again a little while, and you.”

4 sn These fragmentary quotations of Jesus’ statements are from 16:16 and 16:10, and indicate that the disciples heard only part of what Jesus had to say to them on this occasion.

5 tn Grk “went out.”

6 tn Grk “the brothers,” but here the term refers to more than just the immediate disciples of Jesus (as it does in 20:17). Here, as R. E. Brown notes (John [AB], 2:1110), it refers to Christians of the Johannine community (which would include both men and women).

7 tn Grk “to stay” or “to remain”; but since longevity is the issue in the context, “to live” conveys the idea more clearly.

8 tn The word “back” is supplied to clarify the meaning.