Reference

John 13:33

Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.
31

Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.

32

If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.

33

Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.

34

A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

35

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Visible Return

The verse explicitly states that the disciples "cannot come" where Jesus is going, which directly contradicts the idea of a visible return where he comes to them. The statement "Whither I go, ye cannot come" refers to Jesus' departure, not his return, and implies a separation rather than a reunion.