Teks -- John 8:21 (NET)

Where Jesus Came From and Where He is Going

8:21 Then Jesus said to them again, “I am going away, and you will look for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.”

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Robertson: Joh 8:21 - Again

Again ( palin ).

Probably palin (again) in Joh 8:12 refers to a day after the feast is over since the last day is mentioned in Joh 7:37. So then here again we probably move on to another day still beyond that in Joh 8:12.

Robertson: Joh 8:21 - And ye shall seek me

And ye shall seek me ( kai zētēsete me ).

As in Joh 7:34, "the search of despair"(Bernard), seeking for the Messiah when it is too late, the tragedy of Judaism today (Joh 1:11).

Robertson: Joh 8:21 - And ye shall die in your sin

And ye shall die in your sin ( kai en tēi hamartiāi humōn apothaneisthe ).

Future middle indicative of apothnēskō which is the emphatic word here (cf. Eze 3:18; Eze 18:18; Pro 24:9). Note singular hamartiāi (sin) here, but plural hamartiais (sins) when the phrase is repeated in Joh 8:24 (sin in its essence, sin in its acts).

Robertson: Joh 8:21 - Ye cannot come

Ye cannot come ( humeis ou dunasthe elthein ).

Precise language of Joh 7:34 to the Jews and to the apostles in Joh 13:33.

Vincent: Joh 8:21 - Then

Then ( οὖν )

Properly, therefore , connecting the fact of Jesus' continuing to speak with His freedom from arrest.

Vincent: Joh 8:21 - Said Jesus

Said Jesus

Omit Jesus , and read, He said therefore .

Vincent: Joh 8:21 - Go away

Go away ( ὑπάγω )

Withdraw myself from you; this sense being emphasized by the succeeding words, ye shall seek me . In expressing one's departure from men or from surrounding objects, we may emphasize merely the fact of removal , in which case ἀπέρχομαι , to go away , would be appropriate; or we may emphasize the removal as affecting some relation of the person to that from which he removes, as in Joh 6:67, where Jesus says to the disciples, " will ye also go away , or withdraw from me," in which case ὑπάγω is the proper word.

Vincent: Joh 8:21 - In your sin

In your sin ( ἐν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ ὑμῶν )

See on Mat 1:21. Note the singular, sin , not sins . It is used collectively to express the whole condition of estrangement from God.

JFB: Joh 8:21-25 - Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, &c.

(See on Joh 7:33).

Clarke: Joh 8:21 - Then said Jesus again unto them

Then said Jesus again unto them - He had said the same things to them the day before. See Joh 7:34

Clarke: Joh 8:21 - Ye shall seek me

Ye shall seek me - When your calamities come upon you, ye shall in vain seek for the help of the Messiah, whom ye now reject, and whom ye shall shortly crucify.

Calvin: Joh 8:21 - I go // And you shall seek me

21.I go Perceiving that he is doing no good among these obstinate men, he threatens their destruction; and this is the end of all those who reject the Gospel. For it is not thrown uselessly into the air, but must breathe the odour either of life or of death, (2Co 2:16.) The meaning of these words amounts to this. “The wicked will at length feel how great loss they have suffered by rejecting Christ, when he freely offers himself to them. They will feel it, but it will be too late, for there will be no more room for repentance.” And to alarm them still more by showing them that their judgment is near at hand, in the first place, he says that he will soon go away, by which he means that the Gospel is preached to them only for a short time, and that if they allow this opportunity to pass away, the accepted time and the days appointed for salvation (Isa 49:8; 2Co 6:2) will not always last. Thus also, in the present day, when Christ knocks at our door, we ought to go immediately to meet him, lest he be wearied by our slothfulness and withdraw from us. And indeed we have learned, by many experiments in all ages, how greatly this departure of Christ is to be dreaded.

And you shall seek me We must first ascertain in what manner the persons now spoken of sought Christ; for if they had been truly converted, they would not have sought him in vain; because he has not falsely promised that, as soon as a sinner groans, he will be ready to assist him. Christ does not mean, therefore, that they sought him by the right way of faith, but that they sought him, as men, overwhelmed by the extremity of anguish, look for deliverance on every hand. For unbelievers would desire to have God reconciled to them, but yet they do not cease to fly from him. God calls them; the approach consists in faith and repentance; but they oppose God by hardness of heart, and, overwhelmed with despair, they exclaim against him. In short, they are so far from desiring to enjoy the favor of God, that they do not give him permission to assist them, unless he deny himself, which he will never do.

In this manner, however wicked the scribes were, they would willingly have applied to themselves the redemption which had been promised by the hand of the Messiah, provided that Christ would transform himself, to suit their natural disposition. Wherefore, by these words Christ threatens and denounces to all unbelievers, that, after having despised the doctrine of the Gospel, they will be seized with such anguish, that they shall be constrained to cry to God, but their howling will be of no avail; because, as we have already said, seeking, they do not seek And this is still more plainly expressed in the next clause, when he says, you shall die in your sin; for he shows that the cause of their destruction will be, that they were disobedient and rebellious to the very last. What is the nature of their sin we shall presently see.

TSK: Joh 8:21 - I go // and shall die // whither

I go : Joh 7:34, Joh 12:33, Joh 12:35; 1Ki 18:10; 2Ki 2:16, 2Ki 2:17; Mat 23:39, Mat 24:23, Mat 24:24

and shall die : Joh 8:24; Job 20:11; Psa 73:18-20; Pro 11:7, Pro 14:32; Isa 65:20; Eze 3:18, Eze 3:19; Luk 16:22-26; 1Co 15:17, 1Co 15:18; Eph 2:1

whither : Joh 7:34, Joh 13:33; Mat 25:41, Mat 25:46

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Poole: Joh 8:21 - ye shall die in your sins

The greatest part of what is said here, was said by our Saviour before, Joh 7:34 ; (see the explication of it there); only here, instead of ye shall not find me, is,

ye shall die in your sins a phrase we shall find in Eze 3:18,19 , which doubtless signifieth, in the guilt of your sins, not removed from you; and is a threatening of eternal death, as well as temporal in the destruction of Jerusalem: and those who do so, cannot come into heaven, where Christ is.

Haydock: Joh 8:21 - I go my way, and you shall seek me

I go my way, and you shall seek me, &c. See the foregoing chapter, ver. 34. (Witham)

Gill: Joh 8:21 - 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

Then said Jesus again unto them,.... It may be, immediately after he had said the above words; or rather some time after, it may be on the same day:

I go my way; meaning, the way of all flesh, or that he should die: the way of speaking shows, that his death was certain, a determined thing; which must be, and yet was voluntary: he was not driven, nor forced, but went freely; this being the path, the way, through which he must enter into his kingdom and glory:

and ye shall seek me; that is, shall seek the Messiah, as their deliverer and Saviour, when in distress; and whom he calls himself, because he was the true Messiah, and the only Saviour and Redeemer of his people, in a spiritual sense; otherwise they would not, nor did they seek Jesus of Nazareth:

and shall die in your sins; or "in your sin"; so it is in the Greek text, and in the Vulgate Latin, and Persic versions: meaning, in their sin of unbelief, and rejection of him the true Messiah: the sense is, that in the midst of their calamities, which should come upon them, for their sin against him, they should in vain seek for the Messiah, as a temporal deliverer of them; for their nation, city, and temple, and they therein should utterly perish, for their iniquity; and their ruin would not only be temporal, but eternal: since it follows,

whither I, go ye cannot come, signifying, that whereas he was going to his Father, to heaven and glory; to enjoy eternal happiness at his Father's right hand, in the human nature; they should never come there, but whilst many sat down in the kingdom of heaven, with their fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who should come from afar, they would be shut out, and not suffered to enter in.