John 13:33

“Little children, yet a little while I am with you, etc.] Christ having removed the scandal of his death, by observing, that both he and his Father would be glorified by it, begins more freely to open his mind to his disciples, and acquaint them with it; whom he addresses in the most kind, tender, and affectionate manner, “little children”, expressing the relation which subsisted between them, of which he was not unmindful; his great affection for them, his consideration of their weakness, and sympathy with them on that account; who were very ill able to bear his departure, which he now thought high time to acquaint them with, that it would be very shortly: it was but a little while he was to…”

“Little children--From the height of His own glory He now descends, with sweet pity, to His "little children," all now His own. This term of endearment, nowhere else used in the Gospels, and once only employed by Paul (Gal 4:19), is appropriated by the beloved disciple himself, who no fewer than seven times employs it in his first Epistle. Ye shall seek me--feel the want of Me. as I said to the Jews-- (Joh 7:34; Joh 8:21). But oh in what a different sense!”

“Little children - An expression of great tenderness, denoting his deep interest in their welfare. As he was about to leave them, he endeavors to mitigate their grief by the most tender expressions of attachment, showing that he felt for them the deep interest in their welfare which a parent feels for his children. The word “children” is often given to Christians as implying: 1.That God is their Father, and that they sustain toward him that endearing relation, Romans 8:14-15. 2.As denoting their need of teaching and guidance, as children need the aid and counsel of a father. See the corresponding term “babes” used in 1Co 3:1; 1 Peter 2:2. It is used, as it is here, as an expression of…”

“Ye cannot come - Not yet; being not yet ripe for it. Joh 7:34. John 13:34”

“13:33 Jesus addressed the apostles as his children, marking the start of his farewell address.”

“Little: Gal 4:19; Jo1 2:1, Jo1 4:4, Jo1 5:21 yet: Joh 12:35, Joh 12:36, Joh 14:19, Joh 16:16-22 Ye: Joh 7:33, Joh 8:21-24, Joh 14:4-6 John 13:34”