Does John 13 & John 16 Contradict?

Does John 13:36 & John 16:5 Contradict?

In John 13, Peter asks where Jesus is going. In John 16, Jesus says he is leaving; and yet, no one asks where. 

There are a few possible answers to this supposed contradiction. The ESV Study Bible explains: "But Peter did ask this exact question in 13:36 (cf. 14:5), so the present tense of "asks" probably has the sense, "none of you at the present time is asking me" (this was some time after 13:36;" (Crossway 2056).

The Expositor's Greek Testament also explains: "They were so absorbed in the thought of His departure and its consequences of bereavement to themselves that they had failed to ascertain clearly where He was going. ... The consequence of their absorption in one aspect of the crisis which He had been explaining to them was that grief had filled their heart to the exclusion of every other feeling," (Nicoll). (C.f. Barnes).

Another possible explanation is the substance of what was said was lacking: "They had done so in a sort (Joh 13:36; 14:5); but He wished more intelligent and eager inquiry on the subject," (Jamieson).

"Peter had asked this very question (John 13:36), and Thomas had implied it (John 14:5), but what the words here mean is, “None of you are out of love for Me asking about the place whither I am going. Your thoughts are not with Me. It is to you as nothing that I am returning to Him that sent Me," (Ellicott).

References:

Barnes' Notes on the New Testament. United Kingdom, Kregel Publications, 1962.

Ellicott's Bible Commentary, Volume 1. N.p., Delmarva Publications, Inc., 2015.

ESV Study Bible. United States, Crossway, 2008.

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Jamieson, Robert, et al. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary. United States, Hendrickson Publishers, 1996.

New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.

The Expositor's Greek Testament. United Kingdom, Hodder and Stoughton, 1897.