John 8:21

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

Jesus again said to them, “I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die [condemned] in your sins. You cannot go where I am going.”

Cross References

Matthew 23:39

For I tell you, you will not see me from now on until [the time when] you will be saying, ‘Praise the one who is coming in the name of the Lord!’”

Matthew 25:41

Then He [i.e., the King] will say to those at His left side, ‘Go away from me, you who are cursed [by God], into the never ending fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels.

Matthew 25:46

And these [i.e., the ones at His left side] will go away to never ending punishment, but those who did what was right will go to never ending life.”

John 12:33

Now He said this to indicate the kind of death He was about to experience [i.e., of being lifted up on a cross].

John 12:35

So, Jesus said to them, “The Light will be among you for only a little while [longer]. Walk around while you [still] have the Light [with you], before darkness surrounds you. For the person who walks around in darkness does not know where he is going.

John 13:33

“I will be with you, [my dear] children, for only a little while [longer]. You people will look for me, but I am now telling you what I told the Jewish authorities, ‘You will not be able to go where I will be.’

John 7:34

You people will be looking for me, but you will not find me; and you will not be able to go where I will be.”

John 7:36

What did he mean by saying, ‘You people will be looking for me, but will not find me; and you will not be able to go where I will be?’”

John 8:24

Therefore I said to you that you will die [condemned] in your sins. For unless you believe that I am [the Messiah, who came from above. See verse 23], you will die [condemned] in your sins.”

Ephesians 2:1

And you [Gentiles] were once [spiritually] dead because of your shortcomings and sins.