John 7:34
32 When the Pharisees heard the crowd whispering these things about Jesus, they and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.
33 So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me.
You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
35 At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
36 What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
- KJV
- Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
- WEB
- You will seek me and won’t find me. You can’t come where I am.”
- ASV
- Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come.
- DARBY
- Ye shall seek me and shall not find [me], and where I am ye cannot come.
- BLB
- You⁺ will seek Me and will not find Me; and where I am, you⁺ are not able to come.”
- ÅB
- Dere skal lete etter meg og ikke finne meg, og der hvor jeg er, kan dere ikke komme.
- OTB
- Dere skal lete etter meg, men dere skal ikke finne meg; og der jeg er, kan dere ikke komme.»
- B1930
- I skal lete efter mig og ikke finne mig, og der hvor jeg er, kan I ikke komme.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 13:33–36
Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’
Read in contextProverbs 1:24–31
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
Read in contextHosea 5:6
They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
Read in contextJohn 14:3
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.
Read in contextJohn 17:24
Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
Read in contextJohn 8:21–24
Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”
Read in contextJohn 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Read in contextLuke 13:34–35
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
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