John 13:33

John 13:33 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You will seek me, and just as I said to the Jews, so now I also say to you, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come,’ so now I say to you.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Dear children, I will be with you only a little longer. And as I told the Jewish leaders, you will search for me, but you can’t come where I am going.

Context of John 13:33

31When he was gone, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him. 32If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once. “My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come. 34“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. 35By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

John 13:33 word by word

τεκνία, ἔτι μικρὸν μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν εἰμι. ζητήσετέ με, καὶ καθὼς εἶπον τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις ὅτι ὅπου ἐγὼ ὑπάγω, ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν, καὶ ὑμῖν λέγω ἄρτι.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Little childrenτεκνίονteknion · childrenG5040
• yetἔτιeti · stillG2089
• a little whileμικρόςmikros mikroteros · smallG3398
• I amεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• youσύsu · youG4771
• Ye shall seekζητέωzēteō · to seekG2212
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• asκαθώςkathōs · as/just asG2531
• I saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• unto the JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• Whitherὅπουhopou · where(-ever)G3699
• goὑπάγωhupagō · to goG5217
• ·οὐou · noG3756
• cannotδύναμαιdunamai · be ableG1410
• comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• nowἄρτιarti · nowG737
• I sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004

Cross-references for John 13:33

• Galatians 4:19My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
• 1 John 2:1My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the Father—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One.
• 1 John 4:4You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
• 1 John 5:21Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.
• John 12:35Then Jesus told them, “You are going to have the light just a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, before darkness overtakes you. Whoever walks in the dark does not know where they are going.
• John 14:19Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live.
• John 16:16Jesus went on to say, “In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me.”
• John 7:33Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time, and then I am going to the one who sent me.
• John 8:21Once more Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come.”
• John 14:4You know the way to the place where I am going.”

Commentaries on John 13:33

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 33Little children - Or, rather, beloved children. , a word frequently used by this apostle in his epistles. It is an expression which implies great tenderness and affection, and such as a fond mother uses to her most beloved babes. Now that Judas was gone out, he could use this epithet without any restriction of meaning. Yet a little while - The end of my life is at hand; Judas is gone to consummate his treason; I have but a few hours to be with you, and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 33Little children - An expression of great tenderness, denoting his deep interest in their welfare. As he was about to leave them, he endeavors to mitigate their grief by the most tender expressions of attachment, showing that he felt for them the deep interest in their welfare which a parent feels for his children. The word “children” is often given to Christians as implying: 1.that God is their Father, and that they sustain toward him that endearing…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 31-35Verses 31-35 Christ had been glorified in many miracles he wrought, yet he speaks of his being glorified now in his sufferings, as if that were more than all his other glories in his humbled state. Satisfaction was thereby made for the wrong done to God by the sin of man. We cannot now follow our Lord to his heavenly happiness, but if we truly believe in him, we shall follow him hereafter; meanwhile we must wait his time, and do his work. Before Christ…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33Jesus addressed the apostles as his children, marking the start of his farewell address.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33-3533-35. Little children--From the height of His own glory He now descends, with sweet pity, to His "little children," all now His own. This term of endearment, nowhere else used in the Gospels, and once only employed by Paul (Ga 4:19), is appropriated by the beloved disciple himself, who no fewer than seven times employs it in his first Epistle. Ye shall seek me--feel the want of Me. as I said to the Jews--(Joh 7:34; 8:21). But oh in what a different sense!Read the comment

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• John, Gospel of
• Love
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Commentaries on John 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings