John 8:21 “Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but…”

John 8:21

Again He 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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

Jesus said therefore again to them, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can’t come.”

American Standard Version

He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then saide Iesus againe vnto them, I goe my way, and ye shall seeke me, and shall die in your sinnes, Whither I goe, can ye not come.

Darby Translation

He said therefore again to them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin; where I go ye cannot come.

Young's Literal Translation

therefore said Jesus again to them, 'I go away, and ye will seek me, and in your sin ye shall die; whither I go away, ye are not able to come.'

Bible in Basic English

Then he said to them again, I am going away and you will be looking for me, but death will overtake you in your sins. It is not possible for you to come where I am going.

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Cross references

“I go”

John 7:34 John 12:33 John 12:35 1 Kings 18:10 Matthew 23:39 2 Kings 2:16

John 7:34 · BSB

You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

John 12:33 · BSB

He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.

John 12:35 · BSB

Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

1 Kings 18:10 · BSB

As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made that kingdom or nation swear that they had not found you…

Matthew 23:39 · BSB

For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’ ”

2 Kings 2:16 · BSB

“Look now,” they said to Elisha, “we your servants have fifty valiant men. Please let them go and search for your master. Perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and put him on one of the mountains or in one of t…

“and shall die”

John 8:24 Job 20:11 Psalm 73:18–20 Proverbs 11:7 Proverbs 14:32 Isaiah 65:20

John 8:24 · BSB

That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

Job 20:11 · BSB

The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.

Psalm 73:18–20 · BSB

Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.

Proverbs 11:7 · BSB

When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.

Proverbs 14:32 · BSB

The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.

Isaiah 65:20 · BSB

No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.

“whither”

John 13:33 Matthew 25:41 Matthew 25:46

John 13:33 · BSB

Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’

Matthew 25:41 · BSB

Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

Matthew 25:46 · BSB

And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

20He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.

22So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

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