John 8:21

Jesus told them again, “I'm leaving, and you'll search for me, but you'll die in your sin. You can't come where I'm going.”

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In The King James Version

Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.

In Context

20Jesus explained this while he was teaching near the Temple treasury. Yet no one arrested him because his time had not yet come.

22The Jews wondered out loud, “Is he going to kill himself? Is that what he means when he says ‘You can't come where I'm going’?”

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Cross References

1 Kings 18:10As the Lord your God lives, there's no nation or kingdom where my master hasn't sent someone to search for you. When a nation or kingdom said you weren't there, he made them swear that they couldn't find you.

Job 20:11Though the wicked have bodies that are young and strong, they will die and be buried.

Proverbs 11:7When a wicked person dies, their hopes die with them; what the godless look forward to is gone.

Isaiah 65:20No babies will die after just a few days, and no adults will die without having lived a long life. Those who reach a hundred will be thought of as just a child, and anyone who doesn't reach a hundred will be seen as being under a curse.

Matthew 23:39I tell you this: you won't see me from now on until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

Matthew 25:41He'll also say to those on his left, ‘Go away from me, you who are doomed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels!

Matthew Henry on John 8:13-21

Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. 13 The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true. 14 Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. 15 Ye judge after the flesh; I judge… Read the whole commentary →

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