John 16:18

So they kept on repeating, ¹  “What is the meaning of what he says, ²  ‘In a little while’? ³  We do not understand ⁴  what he is talking about.” ⁵ 

Mt 16:9-11; Lu 24:25; Heb 5:12

¹ tn Grk “they kept on saying.”

² tn Grk “What is this that he says.”

³ tn Grk “A little while.” Although the phrase τὸ μικρόν (to mikron) in John 16:18 could be translated simply “a little while,” it was translated “in a little while” to maintain the connection to John 16:16, where it has the latter meaning in context.

⁴ tn Or “we do not know.”

⁵ tn Grk “what he is speaking.”