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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.
John 14:19 · New American 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.
  • BSB In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.
  • 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.
  • 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 16:16A little while, and you will not see me. Again a little while, and you will see me.”
  • John 7:33Then Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.
  • Heb 7:25Therefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, seeing that he lives forever to make intercession for them.
  • John 6:56–58He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I in him.
  • Col 3:3–4For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
  • John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
  • 2 Cor 4:10–12always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
  • 1 Cor 15:45So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
  • John 16:22Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
  • Rom 5:10For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we will be saved by his life.
  • 1 Cor 15:20But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.
  • Rom 8:34Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
  • John 13:33Little children, I will be with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come,’ so now I tell you.
  • John 8:21Jesus said therefore again to them, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can’t come.”
  • John 14:6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
  • John 12:35Jesus therefore said to them, “Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn’t overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn’t know where he is going.
  • 1 Jn 1:1–3That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning 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.

How John 14:19 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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