John 7:36

What word is this which he said, Ye shall seek me and shall not find [me]; and where I am ye cannot come?

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?

In Context

35The Jews therefore said to one another, Where is he about to go that we shall not find him? Is he about to go to the dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

37In the last, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried saying, If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink.

Read all of John 7

Cross References

John 3:9Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be?

John 6:52The Jews therefore contended among themselves, saying, How can he give us this flesh to eat?

John 7:34Ye shall seek me and shall not find [me], and where I am ye cannot come.

John 16:17[Some] of his disciples therefore said to one another, What is this he says to us, A little while and ye do not behold me; and again a little while and ye shall see me, and, Because I go away to the Father?

Matthew Henry on John 7:15-37

Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles. 14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. 15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? 16 Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 18 He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study John 7:36