<p>16:19 <em>Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them: Do you inquire among yourselves what I said? A little while and you will see me no more, and then a little while and you shall see me?</em>- See on :17 regarding the Lord's perception. The Lord may be rebuking them for asking <em>among themselves</em> for the answer to the paradox, rather than asking <em>Him</em>. Very rarely in the Gospel records does the Lord respond directly to the questions He was asked. He replies at a tangent, sometimes directing the questioner away from the question to more significant issues, or answering the question in terms of higher principle rather than focusing just on the specific case in question. And His response here is the same.</p>