They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.

They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? We know not what he saith.

They said therefore: What is this that he saith, A little while? we know not what he speaketh.

They said therefore, What is this which he says of the little while? We do not know of what he speaks.

they said then, 'What is this he saith, the little while? we have not known what he saith.'

So they asked one another repeatedly, "What can that 'little while' mean which He speaks of? We do not understand His words."

So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us.

And they said: "What is this, that he is saying, 'A little while?' We do not understand what he is saying."

What does he mean by 'In a little while'?" they said. "We do not know what he is speaking about."

What is this that he saith - They knew from what he had said that he was to die, but knew not what he meant by their seeing him again in a little time.

They said therefore,.... One, and all of them; the inquiry became universal;
what is this that he saith, a little while? it seems as if this phrase was the most intricate and perplexing to them; for whatever conceptions they might have of not seeing, and seeing him again, as expressive of his going from them, and returning to them, yet had no notion at all what he should mean by "a little while": and therefore add,
we cannot tell what he saith: they knew his words, but not his meaning.