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John 13:33

Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.

KJV

τεκνία, ἔτι μικρὸν μεθ’ ὑμῶν εἰμί· ζητήσετέ με, καὶ καθὼς εἶπον τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ὅτι ὅπου ἐγὼ ὑπάγω ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν, καὶ ὑμῖν λέγω ἄρτι.

Greek NT

Filioli, adhuc modicum vobiscum sum. Quæretis me ; et sicut dixi Judæis, quo ego vado, vos non potestis venire : et vobis dico modo.

Vulgate

Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say unto you.

ASV

Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You shall seek me. And as I said to the Jews: Whither I go you cannot come; so I say to you now.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

20 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
ζητέω
zeteo
verb · 117×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθώς
kathos
adverb · 181×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
μικρός
mikros
adjective · 42×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
τεκνίον
teknion
noun · 8×
ἄρτι
arti
adverb · 33×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ἔτι
eti
adverb · 94×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
o
article · 19778×
ὅπου
opou
adverb · 82×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὑπάγω
upago
verb · 81×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: ἐγὼ ὑπάγω | WH/Treg/NIV: ἐγὼ ὑπάγω | RP: ὑπάγω ἐγὼ
  • ἐγὼ ὑπάγωSBLGNT
  • ἐγὼ ὑπάγωWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ὑπάγω ἐγὼRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Great is the recompense of care bestowed upon the servants of God, and of itself it yields to us its fruits. For, he that receives you, it says, receives Me, and he that receives Me, receives Him that sent Me. Matthew 10:40 Now what can be equal to the receiving Christ and His Father? But what kind of connection has this with what was said before? What has it in common with …

Cross-references

  • 1John 2:1 — My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous:
  • John 7:33 — Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
  • John 7:33 — Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
  • John 7:34 — Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
  • John 8:21 — Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
  • John 8:21 — Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
  • John 12:8 — For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always.
  • John 13:36 — Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.
  • John 14:2 — In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
  • John 14:19 — Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
  • John 16:16 — A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
  • John 16:16 — A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.
  • John 16:19 — Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall s
  • Luke 17:22 — And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it.
  • Matt 26:11 — For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.