Juan 8:22

22 Por lo tanto, la gente
se preguntaba: «¿Estará pensando suicidarse? ¿Qué quiere decir con “no pueden ir adonde yo voy”?».

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 Jesús dijo todo esto mientras enseñaba en la parte del templo conocida como la tesorería, pero no lo arrestaron, porque aún no había llegado su momento.

21 Advertencia para los incrédulos
Más tarde, Jesús volvió a decirles:

22 Por lo tanto, la gente
se preguntaba: «¿Estará pensando suicidarse? ¿Qué quiere decir con “no pueden ir adonde yo voy”?».

23 Jesús continuó diciendo:

24 Por eso dije que morirán en sus pecados; porque, a menos que crean que Y
S
quien afirmo ser,
morirán en sus pecados».