John 7:36

"What does he mean saying, ‘You shall seek me and you shall not find me,’ and ‘Where I am you cannot come’?"

Montgomery New Testament

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

35Then the Jews said to one another. "Where does this fellow intend to go, so that we shall not find him? He is not intending to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and to teach the Greeks, is he?

37Now the last day, that the great day of the feast, Jesus stood up and cried in a loud voice.

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Cross References

John 3:9"How can this be?" said Nicodemus in reply.

John 6:52Then the Jews began to dispute among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

John 7:34"You will search for me and will not find me, and where I am you cannot come."

John 16:17At this some of his disciples said among themselves. "What does he mean by telling us, ‘In a little while you shall behold me no more; and again in a little while you shall see me,’ and ‘because I am going 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 →

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