Juan 8:22

22 Decían entonces los judíos: ¿Se ha de matar a sí mismo, que dice: A donde yo voy, vosotros no podéis venir

Juan 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.

Juan 8:22 In-Context

20 Estas palabras habló Jesús en el lugar de las limosnas, enseñando en el Templo; y nadie le prendió; porque aún no había venido su hora

21 Y les dijo otra vez Jesús: Yo me voy, y me buscaréis, mas en vuestro pecado moriréis; a donde yo voy, vosotros no podéis venir

22 Decían entonces los judíos: ¿Se ha de matar a sí mismo, que dice: A donde yo voy, vosotros no podéis venir

23 Y les decía: Vosotros sois de abajo, yo soy de arriba; vosotros sois de este mundo, yo no soy de este mundo

24 Por eso os dije que moriréis en vuestros pecados; porque si no creyereis que YO SOY, en vuestros pecados moriréis