Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards.
Simon Peter said [`saith' legei (G3004 )] unto him - seeing plainly, in these directions how to behave themselves, that He was indeed going from them,
Lord, where goest thou? - having hardly a glimmering of the real truth.
Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterward.
How different this from what He said to the Jews, "Whither I go, ye cannot come" (John 8:21).