The people said, “But our law says that the Christ {\cf2\super [201]} will live forever. So why do you say, ‘The Son of Man {\cf2\super [202]} must be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”
John 7:36 - Easy To Read Version This man (Jesus) says, ‘You will look for me but you will not find me.’ He also says, ‘You cannot come where I am.’ What does this mean?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition What does this statement of His mean, You will look for Me and not be able to find Me, and, Where I am, you cannot come? American Standard Version (1901) What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come? Common English Bible What does he mean when he says, ‘You will look for me, but you won’t find me, and where I am you can’t come’?” Catholic Public Domain Version 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?' " Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version What is this saying that he hath said: You shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, you cannot come? |
The people said, “But our law says that the Christ {\cf2\super [201]} will live forever. So why do you say, ‘The Son of Man {\cf2\super [202]} must be lifted up’? Who is this ‘Son of Man’?”
Jesus said, “My children, I will be with you only a short time more. You will look for me. And what I told the Jewish leaders, I tell you now: Where I am going you cannot come.
Nicodemus said, “But if a person is already old, how can he be born again? A person cannot enter his mother’s body again! So a person cannot be born a second time!”
Some Jews began to complain about Jesus. They complained because Jesus said, “I am the bread that comes down from heaven.”
Then the Jews began to argue among themselves. They said, “How can this man give us his body to eat?”
The followers of Jesus heard this. Many of the followers said, “This teaching is hard \{to accept\}. Who can accept this teaching?”
You will look for me, but you will not find me. And you cannot come where I am.”
Again, Jesus said to the people, “I will leave you. You will look for me, but you will die with your sin. You cannot come where I am going.”
A person that is not spiritual does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. That person thinks that those things are foolish. That person cannot understand the things of the Spirit, because those things can only be judged spiritually.