John 7:36

36 What do those words of his mean, `You will look for me, but 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 and will not find me, and where I am you cannot come."

35 The Jews therefore said to one another, "Where is he about to betake himself, so that we shall not find him? Will he betake himself to the Dispersion among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?

36 What do those words of his mean, `You will look for me, but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come'?"

37 On the last day of the Festival--the great day--Jesus stood up and cried aloud. "Whoever is thirsty," He said, "let him come to me and drink.

38 He who believes in me, from within him--as the Scripture has said--rivers of living water shall flow."