As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom to which my lord has not sent to seek you, and when they would say, ‘He is not here,’ he would require an oath of the kingdom or nation that they had not found you.
John 8:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Again he said to them, “I am going away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore He said again to them, I am going away, and you will be looking for Me, and you will die in (under the curse of) your sin. Where I am going, it is not possible for you to come. American Standard Version (1901) He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come. Common English Bible Jesus continued, “I’m going away. You will look for me, and you will die in your sin. Where I’m going, you can’t come.” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, Jesus again spoke to them: "I am going, and you shall seek me. And you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you are not able to go." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Again therefore Jesus said to them: I go, and you shall seek me, and you shall die in your sin. Whither I go, you cannot come. |
As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom to which my lord has not sent to seek you, and when they would say, ‘He is not here,’ he would require an oath of the kingdom or nation that they had not found you.
When the wicked die, hope perishes, and the expectation of strength comes to nothing.
The wicked are overthrown by their evildoing, but the righteous find a refuge in their integrity.
No more shall there be in it an infant who lives but a few days or an old person who does not live out a lifetime, for one who dies at a hundred years will be considered a youth, and one who falls short of a hundred will be considered accursed.
For I tell you, you will not see me again until you say, ‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord.’ ”
Then he will say to those at his left hand, ‘You who are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels,
And these will go away into eternal punishment but the righteous into eternal life.”
Jesus said to them, “The light is in you for a little longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. If you walk in the darkness, you do not know where you are going.
Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’
You will search for me, but you will not find me, and where I am, you cannot come.”
What does he mean by saying, ‘You will search for me, but you will not find me’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
I told you that you would die in your sins, for you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am he.”