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In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.
John 14:19 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.
  • KJV Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
  • NKJV “A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also.
  • NASB After a little while, the world no longer is going to see Me, but you are going to see Me; because I live, you also will live.
  • NLT Soon the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Since I live, you also will live.

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Quick answer

Soon the world will no longer see Jesus, but the disciples will, and because He lives they too will live. His resurrection life is the source of theirs.

Overview

After the crucifixion the unbelieving world would see Jesus no more, but the disciples would see Him risen and would come to know Him by the Spirit. 'Because I live, you will live also' ties the believer's life inseparably to Christ's resurrection. His victory over death secures eternal life for all who are united to Him.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 17

  • John 16:16In a little while you will see Me no more, and then after a little while you will see Me.”
  • John 7:33So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.
  • Heb 7:25Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
  • John 6:56–58Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.
  • Col 3:3–4For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
  • John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
  • 2 Cor 4:10–12We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
  • 1 Cor 15:45So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
  • John 16:22So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.
  • Rom 5:10For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!
  • 1 Cor 15:20But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
  • Rom 8:34Who is there to condemn us? For Christ Jesus, who died, and more than that was raised to life, is at the right hand of God—and He is interceding for us.
  • John 13:33Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’
  • John 8:21Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”
  • John 14:6Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
  • John 12:35Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
  • 1 Jn 1:1–3That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.

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Christ at the center

John declares him plainly: the eternal Word made flesh, the Lamb of God, the great 'I AM' — bread, light, door, shepherd, way, truth, life, resurrection — that you may believe and have life in his name.

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