John 8:21

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ 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.›

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἶπεν οὖν πάλιν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἐγὼ ὑπάγω, καὶ ζητήσετέ με, καὶ ἐν τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ ὑμῶν ἀποθανεῖσθε: ὅπου ἐγὼ ὑπάγω, ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν.

Transliteration

Eipen oun palin to them Iēsous, I hypagō, and you will zētēsete me, and in the hamartia of you, you will apothaneisthe: where I hypagō, you ou dynasthe elthein.

Grammar Details

• *Eipen*: aorist active indicative, 3rd singular - said
• *oun*: inferential conjunction - therefore/then
• *palin*: adverb - again/once more
• *Iēsous*: nominative, masculine, singular - Jesus
• *hypagō*: present active indicative, 1st singular - I go
• *zētēsete*: future active indicative, 2nd plural - you will seek
• *hamartia*: dative, feminine, singular - sin
• *apothaneisthe*: future middle indicative, 2nd plural - you will die
• *ou*: negative particle - not
• *dynasthe*: present middle/passive indicative, 2nd plural - you are able
• *elthein*: aorist active infinitive - to come

Word Meanings

• *Eipen*: said/told/spoke
• *hypagō*: go/depart/withdraw
• *zētēsete*: will seek/search for/look for
• *hamartia*: sin/wrongdoing/error
• *apothaneisthe*: will die/perish
• *dynasthe*: are able/can/have power
• *elthein*: to come/go/arrive

Referenced Verses

• John 7:34 : 34 ‹Ye shall seek me, and shall not find› [me]: ‹and where I am,› [thither] ‹ye cannot come.›
• John 8:24 : 24 ‹I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am› [he], ‹ye shall die in your sins.›
• John 13:33 : 33 ‹Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.›
• 1 Cor 15:17-18 : 17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith [is] vain; ye are yet in your sins. 18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
• Eph 2:1 : 1 ¶ And you [hath he quickened], who were dead in trespasses and sins;
• John 12:33 : 33 This he said, signifying what death he should die.
• John 12:35 : 35 Then Jesus said unto them, ‹Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.›
• 1 Kgs 18:10 : 10 [As] the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, [He is] not [there]; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
• 2 Kgs 2:16-17 : 16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send. 17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not.
• Job 20:11 : 11 His bones are full [of the sin] of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.
• Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. 19 How are they [brought] into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. 20 As a dream when [one] awaketh; [so], O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
• Prov 11:7 : 7 ¶ When a wicked man dieth, [his] expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust [men] perisheth.
• Prov 14:32 : 32 ¶ The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
• Isa 65:20 : 20 There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner [being] an hundred years old shall be accursed.
• Ezek 3:18-19 : 18 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked [man] shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.
• Matt 23:39 : 39 ‹For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed› [is] ‹he that cometh in the name of the Lord.›
• Matt 24:23-24 : 23 ‹Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here› [is] ‹Christ, or there; believe› [it] ‹not.› 24 ‹For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if› [it were] ‹possible, they shall deceive the very elect.›
• Matt 25:41 : 41 ‹Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:›
• Matt 25:46 : 46 ‹And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.›
• Luke 16:22-26 : 22 ‹And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;› 23 ‹And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.› 24 ‹And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.› 25 ‹But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.› 26 ‹And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that› [would come] ‹from thence.›