John 7:36

36 What is this saying that he said, 'You will seek me and will not find [me], and where I am, you cannot come'?"

John 7:36 Meaning and Commentary

John 7:36

What [manner] of saying is this that he said
It is not easy to be understood; and if that is not meant, which is suggested, what should he mean by saying,

ye shall seek me, and shall not find me, and where I am, thither ye
cannot come?
repeating the words of Christ just now expressed by him.

John 7:36 In-Context

34 You will seek me and will not find [me], and where I am, you cannot come."

35 So the Jews said to one another, "Where [is] this one going to go, that we will not find him? He is not going to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, [is he]?

36 What is this saying that he said, 'You will seek me and will not find [me], and where I am, you cannot come'?"

37 Now on the last day of the feast--the great [day]--Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and let him drink,

38 the one who believes in me. Just as the scripture said, 'Out of his belly will flow rivers of living water.'"

Footnotes

• [a]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
• [b]. Some manuscripts explicitly state "me"