John - 7:36



36 What is this word that he said, 'You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come'?"

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What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
what is this word that he said, Ye will seek me, and ye shall not find? and, Where I am, ye are not able to come?'
What do those words of his mean, 'You will look for me, but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come'?"
What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?
What is this word that he spoke, 'You will seek me and you will not find me; and where I am, you are not able to go?' "
What does he mean by saying 'You will look for me, and you will not find me; and you will not be able to come where I will be'?"

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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.

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