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You will seek me, and won`t find me; and where I am, you can`t come."
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A Desperate, Futile Search
Commentators explain that the "seeking" Jesus describes is not a genuine search for salvation. Rather, it's a future, desperate cry for a Messiah to deliver the nation from calamity. As John Calvin notes, it's the cry of those who regret their punishment but remain unrepentant in their hearts. They will seek a political deliverer, but not the spiritual Savior they have rejected.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
You shall seek me. This probably means simply, You shall seek the Messiah. Such will be your troubles, such the calamities that w…
And shall not find me (κα ουχ ευρησετε με). Future active indicative of ευρισκω. Jesus had said: "Seek and ye shall find" ([Refere…
19th Century
Anglican
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me.—These words are to be interpreted in connection with John 8:21, where they are r…
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Baptist
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
No officers can arrest him now that he has gone up …
Jesus’ reply to the action gave a hint of his coming death. The declaration that he would go where he could neither be followed nor found excited t…
16th Century
Protestant
You shall seek me. They sought Christ, to put him to death. Here Christ alludes to the ambiguous meaning of the word seek,
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You shall seek me That is, the Messiah, who he was; meaning, that after his departure they should be in great distre…
The discourses of Jesus convinced many that he was the Messiah, but they did not have the courage to acknowledge it. It is a comfort to those who a…
13th Century
Catholic
After our Lord spoke of the principle of His origin, He then mentions His end, that is, where He would go by dying.
First, the end of Christ…
