John 7:34 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come. ”

• John 7:34 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Ye shall seek me - This probably means simply, Ye shall seek the Messiah. Such will be your troubles, such the calamities that will come on the nation, that you will earnestly desire the coming o...

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• John 7:34 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Results in Jerusalem. The surprise of the Jews at His accusation of murder shows that they were ignorant of the plans of their leaders. Some of the Jerusalemites are better informed, and cannot und...

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• John 7:34 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  shall . will. I am. The formula of Divine and eternal existence. See note on John 6:35 , and p. John 8:58 .

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• John 7:34 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  34. You shall seek me. They sought Christ, to put him to death. Here Christ alludes to the ambiguous signification of the word seek, for soon they shall seek him in another manner;...

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• John 7:34 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me : and where I am, thither ye cannot come. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me - When the Roman armies come against you, you will vainly seek for a deliv...

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• John 7:34 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Yet a little while am I with you, &c.— While the rulers were taking counsel against him, Jesus was preaching to the people concerning the improvement which it became them to make of his ministr...

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• John 7:34 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, there ye cannot come: - q.d., 'Your desire to be rid...

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• John 7:34 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Feast of Tabernacles John 7:1 to John 10:21 . Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles, October, 28 a.d. After the discourse of John 6 , delivered just before Passover 28 a.d., Jesus did not go...

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• John 7:34 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me. — These words are to be interpreted in connection with John 8:21 , where they are repeated, and with John 13:33 , where they are quoted and applied to the...

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• John 7:34 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 16 JESUS DISCUSSED IN JERUSALEM. “And after these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for He would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill Him. Now the feast of the Jews, the feast...

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• John 7:34 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  a Spring of Life-giving Water John 7:32-39 “The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God.” The truth of that saying clearly appears in the earlier part of this section. When th...

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• John 7:34 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  So far, John has recorded incidents in the first year of our Lord's ministry. We now come to a comparatively brief section in which he records happenings happenings in the central and crowded two yea...

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• John 7:34 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. (11) Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? (12) And there was mu...

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• John 7:34 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Ye shall seek me ,.... That is, the Messiah, who he was; meaning, that after his departure they should be in great distress, and be very much on the inquiry after, and solicitous for the coming of t...

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• John 7:34 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me : and where I am, thither ye cannot come. Ver. 34. Ye shall seek me, &c. ] Because ye shall die in your sins, which is worse than to die in a ditch...

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• John 7:34 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then said Jesus Continuing his discourse, (from John 7:29 ,) which they had interrupted, Yet a little while am I with you My ministry among you is drawing toward a conclusion; you ought, therefo...

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• John 7:34 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  HIS BROTHERS UNBELIEVING (vs.1-9) The Lord continued for a time in Galilee. He would not then return to Judea because of the Jews' murderous intentions. This was certainly not fear, but sober, lo...

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• John 7:34 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ at the Feast of Tabernacles.       14 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.   15 And the Jew...

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• John 7:34 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  OLBGrk; Some think the meaning is, Ye shall seek me to execute your malice upon me, but to no purpose, for you shall not find me. Or, You shall seek me to destroy me in my church, and to root ou...

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• John 7:34 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Net Is Drawing Tighter - Questions Among The People ( John 7:25-35 ). It is quite clear that the impact of Jesus' ministry has been such that everyone is talking about Him. The whole of Jerusa...

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• John 7:34 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 7:14 . Now about the midst, etc. —The middle of the feast, or “the lesser feast.” It was the fourth day of the feast most likely. Taught. —For the first time...

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• John 7:34 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 7:14 . Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. He was no coward, so he boldly showed himself in the midst of the throng in the temple. John 7:15 . And...

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• John 7:34 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 7:1 . He would not walk in Jewry, or Judea, because the jews sought to kill him. Herod had recently beheaded John, pleading the magnitude of his auditories; now, the jews magnified the same...

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• John 7:34 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And many of the people believed on Him. The favourably disposed, and the malignantly opposed to Christ I. THOSE WHO WERE FAVOURABLY DISPOSED ( John 7:31 ). The commonalty, who were more or less...

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• John 7:34 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Ch. 7-10. contain the record of the conflict between faith and unbelief in the metropolis. At first the narrative indicates a vast amount of critical inquiry, of unsettled opinion, of...

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• John 7:34 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The anxiety of the Pharisees:

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• John 7:34 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Hosea 5:6 ; John 13:33-36 ; John 14:3 ; John 14:6 ; John 17:24 ; John 8:21-24 ; Luke 13:24 ; Luke 13:25 ; Luke 13:34 ; Luke 13:35 ; Luke 17:22 ; Luke 17:23 ; Matthew 23:39 ; Proverbs 1:...

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• John 7:34 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Living Water John 7:28-39 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Did the rulers know that Jesus was the Christ? They should have known it. They saw the works which He did, and His works showed that He was...

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• John 7:34 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Ye shall seek me — Whom ye now despise. These words are, as it were, the text which is commented upon in this and the following chapter. Where I am — Christ's so frequently saying while on earth, w...

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