John 8:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• John 8:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  I go my way - See the notes at John 7:33 . Ye shall die in your sins - That is, you will seek the Messiah; you will desire his coming, but the Messiah that you expect will not come; and, as...

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• John 8:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (8) 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. (8) Because men naturally abhor heavenly things, no man can be a fit...

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• John 8:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Warnings of Coming Doom. But He knows that in the end the rulers must have their way. He tells the Pharisees that His time is short, and that they will need Him when it is too late. The Jews are sc...

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• John 8:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  go My way . withdraw Myself. shall . will. sins . sin. See App-128. The sin of rejecting Him. cannot . are not (Greek. ou) able to.

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• John 8:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  21. 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 reject the Gospel. For it is not thrown uselessl...

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• John 8:21 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 1651 MEETNESS FOR HEAVEN NECESSARY John 8:21 . Whither I go ye cannot come . THE generality of men conceive that there is no difficulty in securing heaven: and hence they use no effo...

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• John 8:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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. Then said Jesus again unto them - He had said the same things to them the...

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• John 8:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  I go my way, and ye shall seek me, &c.— Our Lord had said this to them in a former discourse, Ch. John 7:34 and repeated it now, that it might make the deeper impression upon them: his meanin...

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• John 8:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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. Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek m...

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• John 8:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Feast of Tabernacles Continued. Christ the Light of the World John 7:53 to John 8:11 . The woman taken in adultery. All modern critics agree that this section is no original part of the Fou...

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• John 8:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  [(b) Jesus is Light ( continued ). ( β ) His return to the Father misunderstood by the Jews, and explained by Him ( John 8:21-29 ).] (21) Then said Jesus again unto them. — The best MSS. omit...

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• John 8:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 19 JESUS REJECTED IN JERUSALEM. “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. The Jews therefore said, Will...

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• John 8:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Father Made Known in His Son John 8:21-30 Our Lord was absorbed in acquiring glory for His Father. He was sent by the Father, lived by the Father, could do nothing of Himself, and spoke onl...

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• John 8:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The end of chapter 7 is closely linked with this, in that after declaring "every man went to his own house," the writer said, "But Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives." Here we have the story of a r...

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• John 8:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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. (22) Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither...

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• John 8:21 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  SEEKING IN VAIN ‘We shall seek Me, and shall die in your sins.’ John 8:21 This verse contains a thought so deep that we cannot fathom it. We learn that it is possible to seek Christ in vai...

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• John 8:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Then said Jesus again unto them ,.... It may be, immediately after he had said the above words; or rather some time after, it may be on the same day: I go my way ; meaning, the way of all flesh, o...

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• John 8:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. Ver. 21. Ye shall die in your sins ] A heavy doom, the very door to d...

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• John 8:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Then said Jesus again Probably in the same place where the preceding discourse was pronounced; and still confiding in the protection of Divine Providence; I go my way That is, I shall speedily go...

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• John 8:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  A WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY (vs.1-11) While others went to their homes, the Lord spent the night in the mount of Olives, away from all the words and thoughts of men, in the calm of His Father's pr...

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• John 8:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees.       21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your...

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• John 8:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The greatest part of what is said here, was said by our Saviour before, 1 Thessalonians 7:34 ; (see the explication of it there); only here, instead of ye shall not find me, is, ye shall die i...

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• John 8:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Chapter 8 Jesus - The Light of the World and the ‘I am' ( John 8:12-59 ). In this chapter Jesus is revealed as ‘the Light of the World'. This is a reminder of the one spoken of in the words of Isa...

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• John 8:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 8:13 . They forgot His vindication of Himself ( John 5:31-37 ). John 8:14 . Even if I bear record, etc. —Although He was content to let the Father witness o...

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• John 8:21 - Scofield Reference Notes

  sins ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 3:23 ).

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• John 8:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 8:12-13 . Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. The Pharisees These wasps...

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• John 8:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 8:1 . Jesus went to the mount of Olives, where it is probable he slept in some booth in the gardens; and returned early to the temple, to preach to the people, before the commencement of publ...

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• John 8:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

  I go My way, and ye shall seek Me, and shall die in your sins. Sin here means the departure of the heart from God, general alienation from Him, and in John 8:24 the particular manifestations of...

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• John 8:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Verses 7:53-8:11 (8) The pericope adulterae. (a) Excursus on the genuineness of John 7:53-43 John 7:53-43 John 7:53-43 . It is our duty to examine the various grounds on...

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• John 8:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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.

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• John 8:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 15:17 ; 1 Corinthians 15:18 ; 1 Kings 18:10 ; 2 Kings 2:16 ; 2 Kings 2:17 ; Ephesians 2:1 ; Ezekiel 3:18 ; Ezekiel 3:19 ; Isaiah 65:20 ; Job 20:11 ; John 12:33 ; John 12:35...

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• John 8:21 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Light of the World John 8:12-42 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Jesus Christ the Life, was the Light. When we study- John 1:1-4 , we think of Christ in the beginning as the Word, creating by His com...

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