John 7:36

36 What is this remark He made: 'You will look for Me, and you 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 look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come."

35 Then the Jews said to one another, "Where does He intend to go so we won't find Him? He doesn't intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, does He?

36 What is this remark He made: 'You will look for Me, and you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come' ?"

37 On the last and most important day of the festival, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, he should come to Me and drink!

38 The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, will have streams of living water flow from deep within him."