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Johannes 8:22

Listen to Johannes 8:22
22 Da sprachen die Juden: Will er sich denn selbst töten, daß er spricht: "Wohin ich gehe, da könnet ihr nicht hin kommen"?

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 Jesus an dem Gotteskasten, da er lehrte im Tempel; und niemand griff ihn, denn seine Stunde war noch nicht gekommen.
21 Da sprach Jesus abermals zu ihnen: Ich gehe hinweg, und ihr werdet mich suchen und in eurer Sünde sterben. Wo ich hin gehe, da könnet ihr nicht hin kommen.
22 Da sprachen die Juden: Will er sich denn selbst töten, daß er spricht: "Wohin ich gehe, da könnet ihr nicht hin kommen"?
23 Und er sprach zu ihnen: Ihr seid von untenher, ich bin von obenher; ihr seid von dieser Welt, ich bin nicht von dieser Welt.
24 So habe ich euch gesagt, daß ihr sterben werdet in euren Sünden; denn so ihr nicht glaubt, daß ich es sei, so werdet ihr sterben in euren Sünden.
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