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Selected Verse: John 8:21 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 8:21 |
King James |
Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, &c.--(See on Joh 7:33). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
I go my way - See the notes at Joh 7:33.
Ye shall die in your sins - That is, you will seek the Messiah; you will desire his coming, but the Messiah that you expect will not come; and, as you have rejected me, and there is no other Saviour, you must die in your sins. You will die unpardoned, and as you did not seek me where you might find me, you cannot come where I shall be. Observe:
1. All those who reject the Lord Jesus must die unforgiven. There is no way of pardon but by him. See the notes at Act 4:12.
2. There will be a time when sinners will seek for a Saviour but will find none. Often this is done too late, in a dying moment, and in the future world they may seek a deliverer, but not be able to find one.
3. Those who reject the Lord Jesus must perish. Where he is they cannot come. Where he is is heaven. Where he is not, with his favor and mercy, there is hell; and the sinner that has no Savior must be wretched forever. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
sins
(See Scofield) - (Rom 3:23). |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Then (οὖν)
Properly, therefore, connecting the fact of Jesus' continuing to speak with His freedom from arrest.
Said Jesus
Omit Jesus, and read, He said therefore.
Go away (ὑπάγω)
Withdraw myself from you; this sense being emphasized by the succeeding words, ye shall seek me. In expressing one's departure from men or from surrounding objects, we may emphasize merely the fact of removal, in which case ἀπέρχομαι, to go away, would be appropriate; or we may emphasize the removal as affecting some relation of the person to that from which he removes, as in Joh 6:67, where Jesus says to the disciples, "will ye also go away, or withdraw from me," in which case ὑπάγω is the proper word.
In your sin (ἐν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ ὑμῶν)
See on Mat 1:21. Note the singular, sin, not sins. It is used collectively to express the whole condition of estrangement from God. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Then said Jesus again unto them - He had said the same things to them the day before. See Joh 7:34.
Ye shall seek me - When your calamities come upon you, ye shall in vain seek for the help of the Messiah, whom ye now reject, and whom ye shall shortly crucify. |
33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
33 Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.
23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
21 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins.
67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.