John 8:22

So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.

In Context

21Again Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”

23Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:6But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.

Psalms 123:4We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.

John 7:35At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?

John 8:52“Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.

Hebrews 12:3Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

Matthew Henry on John 8:22-31

Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 21 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. 22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. 23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. 25 Then said they unto… Read the whole commentary →

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