John 7:36

³⁴ 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?

What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”

³⁷ On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

³⁸ Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”

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: What does He mean by saying, ‘You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
KJV: What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
WEB: What is this word that he said, ‘You will seek me, and won’t find me;’ and ‘Where I am, you can’t come’?”
ASV: What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?
DARBY: What word is this which he said, Ye shall seek me and shall not find [me]; and where I am ye cannot come?
BLB: What is this word that He said, ‘You⁺ will seek Me, and will not find Me,’ and, ‘Where I am, you⁺ are not able to come’?”

ÅB: Hva er dette for et ord han sa: Dere skal lete etter meg og ikke finne meg, og der hvor jeg er, kan dere ikke komme?
OTB: Hva mener han med å si: ‘Dere skal lete etter meg, men dere skal ikke finne meg,’ og ‘Der jeg er, kan dere ikke komme’?»
B1930: Hvad er dette for et ord han sa: 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 3:9
“How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
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1 Corinthians 2:14
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
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John 7:34
You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
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John 3:4
“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
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John 16:17–18
Then some of His disciples asked one another, “Why is He telling us, ‘In a little while you will not see Me, and then after a little while you will see Me’ and ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”
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John 6:60
On hearing it, many of His disciples said, “This is a difficult teaching. Who can accept it?”
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John 6:41
At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
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John 12:34
The crowd replied, “We have heard from the Law that the Christ will remain forever. So how can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”
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