John 7:36

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What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?

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  • John 7:34 : 34 You will be looking for me, and you will not see me: and where I am you may not come.
  • John 12:34 : 34 Then the people in answer said to him, The law says that the Christ will have life without end: how say you then that it is necessary for the Son of man to be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?
  • John 16:17-18 : 17 So some of the disciples said one to another, What is this he is saying, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me? and, I am going to the Father? 18 So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us.
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.
  • John 3:4 : 4 Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for a man to be given birth when he is old? Is he able to go into his mother's body a second time and come to birth again?
  • John 3:9 : 9 And Nicodemus said to him, How is it possible for these things to be?
  • John 6:41 : 41 Now the Jews said bitter things about Jesus because of his words, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
  • John 6:52 : 52 Then the Jews had an angry discussion among themselves, saying, How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh for food?
  • John 6:60 : 60 Then, hearing this, a number of his disciples said, This is a hard saying; who is able to take in such teaching?

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    33Then Jesus said, I will be with you a little longer and then I go to him who sent me.

    34You will be looking for me, and you will not see me: and where I am you may not come.

    35So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go to the Jews living among the Greeks and become the teacher of the Greeks?

  • John 8:19-24
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    19Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus said in answer, You have no knowledge of me or of my Father: if you had knowledge of me you would have knowledge of my Father.

    20Jesus said these words in the place where the offerings were stored, while he was teaching in the Temple: but no man took him because his time was still to come.

    21Then he said to them again, I am going away and you will be looking for me, but death will overtake you in your sins. It is not possible for you to come where I am going.

    22So the Jews said, Will he take his life? Is that why he says, Where I go it is not possible for you to come?

    23And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

    24For this reason I said to you that death will overtake you in your sins: for if you have not faith that I am he, death will come to you while you are in your sins.

  • John 7:11
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    11At the feast the Jews were looking for him and saying, Where is he?

  • John 5:38-40
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    38And you have not kept his word in your hearts, because you have not faith in him whom he has sent.

    39You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.

    40And still you have no desire to come to me so that you may have life.

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    33My dear children, I am only to be with you a little longer. Then you will be looking for me: and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you, Where I am going you may not come.

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    35And this was the answer of Jesus: I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be in need of food, and he who has faith in me will never be in need of drink.

    36But it is as I said to you: you have seen me, and still you have no faith.

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    37On the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus got up and said in a loud voice, If any man is in need of drink let him come to me and I will give it to him.

  • John 16:16-19
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    16After a little time you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me.

    17So some of the disciples said one to another, What is this he is saying, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me? and, I am going to the Father?

    18So they said again and again, What is this he is saying, A little time? His words are not clear to us.

    19Jesus saw that they had a desire to put the question to him, so he said to them, Is this what you are questioning one with another, why I said, After a little time, you will see me no longer; and then again, after a little time, you will see me?

  • John 6:24-26
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    24So when the people saw that Jesus was not there, or his disciples, they got into those boats and went over to Capernaum looking for Jesus.

    25And when they came across him on the other side of the sea they said, Rabbi, when did you come here?

    26Jesus, answering them, said, Truly I say to you, You come after me, not because you saw signs, but because you were given the bread and had enough.

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    5But now I am going to him who sent me; and not one of you says to me, Where are you going?

  • John 7:27-28
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    27However, it is clear to us where this man comes from: but when the Christ comes no one will have knowledge where he comes from.

    28Then, when he was teaching in the Temple, Jesus said with a loud voice, You have knowledge of me and you have knowledge of where I come from; and I have not come of myself; but there is One who has sent me; he is true, but you have no knowledge of him.

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    37And when they came up with him, they said to him, Everyone is looking for you.

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    56They were looking for Jesus and saying to one another while they were in the Temple, What is your opinion? Will he not come to the feast?

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    36Simon Peter said to him, Lord, where are you going? Jesus said in answer, Where I am going you may not come with me now, but you will come later.

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    19Did not Moses give you the law? Even so, not one of you keeps the law. Why have you a desire to put me to death?

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    25Then some of the people of Jerusalem said, Is not this the man whose death is desired?

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    7So again he put the question to them, Who are you looking for? And they said, Jesus the Nazarene.

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