John 13:33 (YLT)

Passage

`Little children, yet a little am I with you; ye will seek me, and, according as I said to the Jews--Whither I go away, ye are not able to come, to you also I do say <FI>it<Fi> now.

Nearby Context

John 13:31 When, therefore, he went forth, Jesus saith, `Now was the Son of Man glorified, and God was glorified in him;

John 13:32 if God was glorified in him, God also will glorify him in Himself; yea, immediately He will glorify him.

John 13:33 `Little children, yet a little am I with you; ye will seek me, and, according as I said to the Jews--Whither I go away, ye are not able to come, to you also I do say <FI>it<Fi> now.

John 13:34 `A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; according as I did love you, that ye also love one another;

John 13:35 in this shall all know that ye are my disciples, if ye may have love one to another.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "little", "children", "seek", "said", "jews--whither", "away", and "able". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "little" and "children", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 32's "if God was glorified in him God..." into verse 34's "A new commandment I give to you...", so "little" and "children" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "little" and "children" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.