Jesus continued,“ In a little while, you will no longer see me. Then after a little while, you will see me.”

“等不多时，你们就不得见我；再等不多时，你们还要见我。”

“不久，你们将不再见到我；再过不久，你们还要见到我。”

“不久，你们将不再见到我；再过不久，你们还要见到我。”

“不久，你们就见不到我了，再过不久，你们还会看见我。”

“不久，你们不会再看见我；再过不久，你们还要看见我。”

“过一会儿，你们就不再看到我了；再过一会儿，你们又将见到我。”

「等不多時，你們就不得見我；再等不多時，你們還要見我。」

「不久，你們將不再見到我；再過不久，你們還要見到我。」

「不久，你們將不再見到我；再過不久，你們還要見到我。」

「不久，你們就見不到我了，再過不久，你們還會看見我。」

“不久，你們不會再看見我；再過不久，你們還要看見我。”

『一會兒你們就不得以再見我；再一會兒你們就得以見我。』

「過一會兒，你們就不再看到我了；再過一會兒，你們又將見到我。」

頃之、爾不見我、又頃之、爾復見我、

頃之而爾不見我、復頃之而爾見我、以我歸父也、

未幾爾不見我、又未幾爾復見我、因我歸於父也、

『瞬息之間、而爾不得睹予矣！復一瞬息、而爾又得見予矣！』

Jesus went on to say,“ In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.”

“ A little while, and you will see me no longer; and again a little while, and you will see me.”

“ In a little while you won’t see me anymore. But a little while after that, you will see me again.”

“ In a little while, you will no longer see me; again in a little while, you will see me.”

“ A little while, and you no longer are going to see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me.”

“ A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me, because I go to the Father.”

A little while, and ye behold me no more; and again a little while, and ye shall see me.

“ A little while and you will no longer see Me; again a little while and you will see Me.”

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.

In a little while you will see me no longer; again after a little while, you will see me.”

A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me.”

Jesus said,“ I am with you for only a short time. Then I will go to the one who sent me.

I came from the Father and entered the world. Now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

That’s the way it is with you. Now it’s your time to be sad. But I will see you again. Then you will be full of joy. And no one will take away your joy.

But on the third day God raised him from the dead. God allowed Jesus to be seen.But he wasn’t seen by all the people. He was seen only by us. We are witnesses whom God had already chosen. We ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

After his suffering and death, he appeared to them. In many ways he proved that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of 40 days. During that time he spoke about God’s kingdom.

Then Jesus told them,“ You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light. Do this before darkness catches up with you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going.

When the Lord Jesus finished speaking to them, he was taken up into heaven. He sat down at the right hand of God.

“ My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me. Just as I told the Jews, so I am telling you now. You can’t come where I am going.

I will not leave you like children who don’t have parents. I will come to you.Before long, the world will not see me anymore. But you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.On that day you will realize that I am in my Father. You will know that you are in me, and I am in you.Anyone who has my commands and obeys them loves me. My Father will love the one who loves me. I too will love them. And I will show myself to them.”Then Judas spoke.“ Lord,” he said,“ why do you plan to show yourself only to us? Why not also to the world?” The Judas who spoke those words was not Judas Iscariot.Jesus replied,“ Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them. We will come to them and make our home with them.Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. The words you hear me say are not my own. They belong to the Father who sent me.

Let us keep looking to Jesus. He is the one who started this journey of faith. And he is the one who completes the journey of faith. He paid no attention to the shame of the cross. He suffered there because of the joy he was looking forward to. Then he sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

After they heard this, some of his disciples spoke to one another. They said,“ What does he mean by saying,‘ In a little while, you will no longer see me. Then after a little while, you will see me’? And what does he mean by saying,‘ I am going to the Father’?”They kept asking,“ What does he mean by‘ a little while’? We don’t understand what he is saying.”Jesus saw that they wanted to ask him about these things. So he said to them,“ Are you asking one another what I meant? Didn’t you understand when I said,‘ In a little while, you will no longer see me. Then after a little while, you will see me’?

On the evening of that first day of the week, the disciples were together. They had locked the doors because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Jesus came in and stood among them. He said,“ May peace be with you!”Then he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were very happy when they saw the Lord.Again Jesus said,“ May peace be with you! The Father has sent me. So now I am sending you.”He then breathed on them. He said,“ Receive the Holy Spirit.If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”Thomas was one of the 12 disciples. He was also called Didymus. He was not with the other disciples when Jesus came.So they told him,“ We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them,“ First I must see the nail marks in his hands. I must put my finger where the nails were. I must put my hand into his side. Only then will I believe.”A week later, Jesus’ disciples were in the house again. Thomas was with them. Even though the doors were locked, Jesus came in and stood among them. He said,“ May peace be with you!”Then he said to Thomas,“ Put your finger here. See my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.”Thomas said to him,“ My Lord and my God!”Then Jesus told him,“ Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen me but still have believed.”

After this, Jesus appeared to his disciples again. It was by the Sea of Galilee. Here is what happened.Simon Peter and Thomas, who was also called Didymus, were there together. Nathanael from Cana in Galilee and the sons of Zebedee were with them. So were two other disciples.“ I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them. They said,“ We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat. That night they didn’t catch anything.Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore. But the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.He called out to them,“ Friends, don’t you have any fish?”“ No,” they answered.He said,“ Throw your net on the right side of the boat. There you will find some fish.” When they did, they could not pull the net into the boat. There were too many fish in it.Then the disciple Jesus loved said to Simon Peter,“ It is the Lord!” As soon as Peter heard that, he put his coat on. He had taken it off earlier. Then he jumped into the water.The other disciples followed in the boat. They were towing the net full of fish. The shore was only about 100 yards away.When they landed, they saw a fire of burning coals. There were fish on it. There was also some bread.Jesus said to them,“ Bring some of the fish you have just caught.”So Simon Peter climbed back into the boat. He dragged the net to shore. It was full of large fish. There were 153 of them. But even with that many fish the net was not torn.Jesus said to them,“ Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared to ask him,“ Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord.Jesus came, took the bread and gave it to them. He did the same thing with the fish.This was the third time Jesus appeared to his disciples after he was raised from the dead.When Jesus and the disciples had finished eating, Jesus spoke to Simon Peter. He asked,“ Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these others do?”“ Yes, Lord,” he answered.“ You know that I love you.” Jesus said,“ Feed my lambs.”Again Jesus asked,“ Simon, son of John, do you love me?” He answered,“ Yes, Lord. You know that I love you.” Jesus said,“ Take care of my sheep.”Jesus spoke to him a third time. He asked,“ Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter felt bad because Jesus asked him the third time,“ Do you love me?” He answered,“ Lord, you know all things. You know that I love you.” Jesus said,“ Feed my sheep.What I’m about to tell you is true. When you were younger, you dressed yourself. You went wherever you wanted to go. But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands. Someone else will dress you. Someone else will lead you where you do not want to go.”Jesus said this to point out how Peter would die. His death would bring glory to God. Then Jesus said to him,“ Follow me!”Peter turned around. He saw that the disciple Jesus loved was following them. He was the one who had leaned back against Jesus at the supper. He had said,“ Lord, who is going to hand you over to your enemies?”When Peter saw that disciple, he asked,“ Lord, what will happen to him?”Jesus answered,“ Suppose I want him to remain alive until I return. What does that matter to you? You must follow me.”Because of what Jesus said, a false report spread among the believers. The story was told that the disciple Jesus loved wouldn’t die. But Jesus did not say he would not die. He only said,“ Suppose I want him to remain alive until I return. What does that matter to you?”

“ I am coming to you now. But I say these things while I am still in the world. I say them so that those you gave me can have the same joy that I have.

But now I am going to the one who sent me. None of you asks me,‘ Where are you going?’

So now, Father, give glory to me in heaven where your throne is. Give me the glory I had with you before the world began.

He appeared to Peter. Then he appeared to the 12 apostles.After that, he appeared to more than 500 brothers and sisters at the same time. Most of them are still living. But some have died.He appeared to James. Then he appeared to all the apostles.Last of all, he also appeared to me. I was like someone who wasn’t born at the right time.I am the least important of the apostles. I’m not even fit to be called an apostle. I tried to destroy God’s church.

The world is guilty as far as godliness is concerned. That’s because I am going to the Father, where you can’t see me anymore.

Jesus knew that the Father had put everything under his power. He also knew he had come from God and was returning to God.