Very truly, I tell you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will have pain, but your pain will turn into joy — Jesus now interprets the "little while": during the crucifixion, the disciples will weep and mourn (tears of separation, failure, fear), while the world rejoices (those who opposed Jesus celebrate what they perceive as his defeat). Yet this pain (lupē—grief, sorrow) is temporary and transformative; it will turn into joy (chara—gladness, delight). The cross is not the end but the passage; through death comes resurrection.

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