John 7:36

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What does he mean by saying, You will seek me and not find me, and where I am, you cannot come?

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  • John 7:34 : 34 You will seek me and not find me, and where I am, you cannot come.
  • John 12:34 : 34 The people answered him, We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever; and how can you say, The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?
  • John 16:17-18 : 17 Then some of his disciples said among themselves, 'What is this that he says to us, A little while, and you will not see me: and again, a little while, and you will see me: and, Because I go to the Father?' 18 They said therefore, 'What is this that he says, A little while? We do not understand what he is saying.'
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
  • John 3:4 : 4 Nicodemus said to him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?
  • John 3:9 : 9 Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be?
  • John 6:41 : 41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
  • John 6:52 : 52 The Jews therefore argued among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
  • John 6:60 : 60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can understand it?

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  • John 7:33-35
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    94%

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

    34You will seek me and not find me, and where I am, you cannot come.

    35Then the Jews said among themselves, Where does he intend to go that we shall not find him? Does he intend to go to the dispersed among the Gentiles and teach the Gentiles?

  • John 8:19-24
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    19Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered, You neither know me nor my Father: if you had known me, you should have known my Father also.

    20These words spoke Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no one laid hands on him; for his hour had not yet come.

    21Then Jesus said again to them, I go my way, and you shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: where I go, you cannot come.

    22Then the Jews said, Will he kill himself? because he says, Where I go, you cannot come.

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

    24I said therefore to you, that you shall die in your sins: for if you do not believe that I am he, you shall die in your sins.

  • John 7:11
    78%

    11Then the Jews sought him at the feast and said, Where is he?

  • John 13:33
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    33Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek me; and as I said to the Jews, Where I am going, you cannot come, so now I say to you.

  • John 6:35-36
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    35And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he who comes to me shall never hunger; and he who believes in me shall never thirst.

    36But I said to you, that you also have seen me, and do not believe.

  • John 7:37
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    37On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.

  • John 16:16-19
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    16In a little while you will not see me: and again, in a little while, you will see me, because I go to the Father.

    17Then some of his disciples said among themselves, 'What is this that he says to us, A little while, and you will not see me: and again, a little while, and you will see me: and, Because I go to the Father?'

    18They said therefore, 'What is this that he says, A little while? We do not understand what he is saying.'

    19Now Jesus knew they wanted to ask him and said to them, 'Are you inquiring among yourselves about what I said, A little while, and you will not see me: and again, a little while, and you will see me?'

  • John 6:24-26
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    24When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they also got into boats, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.

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

    26Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek me, not because you saw the miracles, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.

  • John 16:5
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    5But now I go to Him who sent me, and none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?'

  • John 7:27-28
    2 verses
    74%

    27However, we know where this man is from; but when the Christ comes, no one knows where he is from.

    28Then Jesus cried out in the temple as he taught, saying, You both know me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you do not know.

  • John 8:14
    74%

    14Jesus answered and said to them, Though I bear witness of myself, my witness is true: for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you cannot tell where I come from, and where I am going.

  • Mark 1:37
    74%

    37And when they had found him, they said to him, Everyone is looking for you.

  • John 11:56-57
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    56Then they sought for Jesus and spoke among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What do you think—that he will not come to the feast?

    57Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where he was, he should report it, so that they might seize him.

  • John 13:36
    74%

    36Simon Peter said to him, Lord, where are you going? Jesus answered him, Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you shall follow me afterward.

  • John 7:19
    73%

    19Did not Moses give you the law, yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?

  • John 7:25
    73%

    25Then some of them from Jerusalem said, Is this not he whom they seek to kill?

  • John 18:7-8
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    72%

    7Then he asked them again, Whom do you seek? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth.

    8Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he; therefore, if you seek me, let these go their way,

  • Luke 22:68
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    68And if I also ask you, you will not answer me, nor let me go.

  • Luke 17:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22And he said to the disciples, The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

    23And they will say to you, See here, or see there: do not go after them or follow them.

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    62What then if you shall see the Son of Man ascend up where he was before?

  • John 8:43
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    43Why do you not understand my speech? Because you cannot hear my word.

  • Luke 20:7
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    7And they answered that they could not tell where it was from.

  • John 14:7
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    7If you had known me, you would have known my Father also: and from now on you know him, and have seen him.

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    31And the Lord said, To what then shall I compare the men of this generation? and what are they like?

  • John 7:8
    71%

    8Go up to this feast yourselves; I am not going up yet to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come.

  • John 8:47
    71%

    47He who is of God hears God's words: you therefore do not hear them, because you are not of God.

  • John 6:65
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    65And he said, Therefore I said to you, that no man can come to me, except it were given to him by my Father.

  • John 6:52
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    52The Jews therefore argued among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

  • John 6:67
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    67Then Jesus said to the twelve, Will you also go away?

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    34And said, Where have you laid him? They said to him, Lord, come and see.