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?”
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John 7:36
36 What manner of saying is this that he said,Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: andwhere I am, thither ye cannot come?