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Jesus said therefore again to them, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and will die in your sins. Where I go, you can`t come."
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A Warning of Finality
Commentators view this verse as a solemn warning about the finality of rejecting Christ. Jesus declares that a time will come when his opponents will desperately seek a Messiah, but because they have rejected him—the only true Savior—it will be too late. This rejection results in dying in a state of unforgiven unbelief, leading to eternal separation from God.
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John
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I go my way. (See Barnes on John 7:33).
You shall die in your sins. That is, you will seek the Messiah; you will desire hi…
Again (παλιν). Probably παλιν (again) in verse 12 refers to a day after the feast is over since the last day is mentioned in 7:37.…
19th Century
Anglican
Then Jesus said to them again.—The best manuscripts omit the word “Jesus,” and read, He said, therefore, again to them. T…
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Baptist
Oh, what a terrible sentence that is! I pray that the Lord will never say that to any of us, Whither I go, ye cannot come. That would be t…
The following discourse marks the dual destiny of Jesus and his opponents: he would return to the Father, and they would die in their sins. Jesus c…
16th Century
Protestant
I go. Perceiving that He is doing no good among these obstinate men, He threatens their destruction; and this is the end of all those who …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Then said Jesus again unto them It may be, immediately after he had said the above words; or rather some time after,…
Those who live in unbelief are forever undone if they die in unbelief. The Jews belonged to this present evil world, but Jesus was of a heavenly an…
13th Century
Catholic
After our Lord showed His special position with respect to light, He here reveals the effect of this light: that it frees us from darknes…
