John 8:21

Again Jesus said to them: I go away, and ye will seek me, and will die in your sins. And whither I go, ye cannot come.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

20These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no one laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.

22The Jews said: Is he about to kill himself, that he should say, Whither I go ye cannot come?

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Cross References

Matthew 23:39For I say to you, That ye shall not see me henceforth, until ye shall say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Matthew 25:41Then will he say also to them on his left hand: Go from me, ye accursed, into everlasting fire, which was prepared for the Calumniator 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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