John 7:36

What is this word he hath said, You shall seek me, and not find me; and where I am you cannot come?

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

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 Jihudoyee say among themselves, Whither is this about to go, that we cannot find him? To the countries of the nations is he to go, and to teach the Heathens?

37BUT in the great day, which was the last of the feast, stood Jeshu and cried, and said, If (any) man thirst, let him come unto me and drink;

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Cross References

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

John 6:52The Jihudoyee contended one with another, saying, How can this his body give to us to eat?

John 7:34and you will seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am you cannot come.

John 16:17And the disciples said one to another, What is this that he saith to us? A little (time), and you will not see me; and again a little (while), and you shall see me, and because I go to my 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 →

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