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Johannes 8:22

Listen to Johannes 8:22
22 Da sagten die Juden: Er will sich doch nicht selbst töten, daß er spricht: Wo ich hingehe, könnt ihr nicht hinkommen? -

Johannes 8:22 Meaning and Commentary

John 8:22

Then said the Jews, will he kill himself?
&c.] Which was not only a wicked, but a foolish consequence, drawn from his words: for it by no means followed, because he was going away, and whither they could not come, that therefore he must destroy himself; this seems to be what they would have been glad he would have done, and suggested the thought that he might do it, in which they imitated Satan, ( Matthew 4:6 ) , under whose influence they now apparently were, and hoped that he would, which would at once extricate them out of their difficulties on his account:

because he sayeth, whither I go ye cannot come:
this is no reason at all; for had Christ's meaning been, as they blasphemously intimate, they might have destroyed themselves too, and have gone after him.

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Johannes 8:22 In-Context

20 Diese Worte redete er in der Schatzkammer, lehrend in dem Tempel; und niemand griff ihn, denn seine Stunde war noch nicht gekommen.
21 Er sprach nun wiederum zu ihnen: Ich gehe hin, und ihr werdet mich suchen und werdet in eurer Sünde sterben; wo ich hingehe, könnt ihr nicht hinkommen.
22 Da sagten die Juden: Er will sich doch nicht selbst töten, daß er spricht: Wo ich hingehe, könnt ihr nicht hinkommen? -
23 Und er sprach zu ihnen: Ihr seid von dem, was unten ist, ich bin von dem, was oben ist; ihr seid von dieser Welt, ich bin nicht von dieser Welt.
24 Daher sagte ich euch, daß ihr in euren Sünden sterben werdet; denn wenn ihr nicht glauben werdet, daß ich es bin, so werdet ihr in euren Sünden sterben.
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