John Chapter 7 verse 36 Holy Bible
What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?
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What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?
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What word is this which he said, Ye shall seek me and shall not find [me]; and where I am ye cannot come?
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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?
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What is this word that he said, 'You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come?'"
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what is this word that he said, Ye will seek me, and ye shall not find? and, Where I am, ye are not able to come?'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 36. - What is this word (λόγος) which he spake, Ye shall seek me, and ye shall not find (me), and where I am, ye cannot come? This verse is simply a repetition of the Lord's sentence, which, notwithstanding their damaging interpretation and unconscious prophecy of great events, haunted them with a weird power, and left them, as his word left the officers who were silenced and paralyzed by it, with a sense of undiscovered and awful meaning. Both here and in ver. 45 we see that the evangelist had access to the ideas and converse of the "Jews," which proves that he had special sources of information to which the ordinary synoptic tradition was strange. The thought grows upon one that John was more than the mere fisherman of the lake. He was a friend of Nicodemus, and known to Caiaphas. It is clear that some further time elapses. This conversation, of which we have the prominent items, the chief utterances, was producing its effect upon the two-sided multitude, upon "the Jews," the "Pharisees," the city party, the chief priests. The Lord probably retired once more to the house of Lazarus or of John.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(36) What manner of saying is this . . .?--We get a better sense by omitting the words in italics, and reading, "What saying is this . . .?" Their scorn does not solve their difficulty, and gives place to wonder. They feel His words cannot mean what they have said. "What, then, do they mean? What is the force of His saying?"
