Our soul has had enough of the scorn of those at ease, the contempt of the proud.
John 8:22 - Tree of Life Version “He won’t kill Himself, will He?” the Judeans asked. “Is that why He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition At this the Jews began to ask among themselves, Will He kill Himself? Is that why He says, Where I am going, it is not possible for you to come? American Standard Version (1901) The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come? Common English Bible The Jewish leaders said, “He isn’t going to kill himself, is he? Is that why he said, ‘Where I’m going, you can’t come’?” Catholic Public Domain Version And so the Jews said, "Is he going to kill himself, for he said: 'Where I am going, you are not able to go?' " Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Jews therefore said: Will he kill himself, because he said: Whither I go, you cannot come? |
Our soul has had enough of the scorn of those at ease, the contempt of the proud.
They cried to you and were delivered. In You they trusted, and were not disappointed.
Adonai, let me not be ashamed, for I have called upon You. Let the wicked be ashamed— let them be silent in Sheol.
This is John’s testimony, when the Judean leaders sent kohanim and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
Many of them were saying, “He has a demon. He’s insane! Why listen to Him?”
The Judean leaders then said among themselves, “Where is this person about to go that we shall not find Him? He’s not going to the Diaspora to teach the Greeks, is He?
The Judean leaders responded, “Aren’t we right to say you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”
“Now we know You have a demon!” the Judean leaders said to Him. “Abraham and the prophets died. Yet You say, ‘If anyone keeps My word, he will never taste death.’
Consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and lose heart.