The crowd answered him, “We have heard from the law that the Messiah remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”
John 7:36 - New Revised Standard Version What does he mean by saying, ‘You will search for me and you will not find me’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?” 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 crowd answered him, “We have heard from the law that the Messiah remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”
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.’
Nicodemus said to him, “How can anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a second time into the mother's womb and be born?”
Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This teaching is difficult; who can accept it?”
You will search for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.”
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.”
Those who are unspiritual do not receive the gifts of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.