John 8:21

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Where Jesus Came From and Where He is Going 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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  • John 7:34 : 34 You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come.”
  • John 8:24 : 24 Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”
  • John 13:33 : 33 Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders,‘Where I am going you cannot come,’ now I tell you the same.
  • 1 Cor 15:17-18 : 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins. 18 Furthermore, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have also perished.
  • Eph 2:1 : 1 New Life Individually And although you were dead in your offenses and sins,
  • John 12:33 : 33 (Now he said this to indicate clearly what kind of death he was going to die.)
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus replied,“The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
  • 1 Kgs 18:10 : 10 As certainly as the LORD your God lives, my master has sent to every nation and kingdom in an effort to find you. When they say,‘He’s not here,’ he makes them swear an oath that they could not find you.
  • 2 Kgs 2:16-17 : 16 They said to him,“Look, there are fifty capable men with your servants. Let them go and look for your master, for the wind sent from the LORD may have carried him away and dropped him on one of the hills or in one of the valleys.” But Elisha replied,“Don’t send them out.” 17 But they were so insistent, he became embarrassed. So he said,“Send them out.” They sent the fifty men out and they looked for three days, but could not find Elijah.
  • Job 20:11 : 11 His bones were full of his youthful vigor, but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust.
  • Ps 73:18-20 : 18 Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin. 19 How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete! 20 They are like a dream after one wakes up. O Lord, when you awake you will despise them.
  • Prov 11:7 : 7 When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and hope based on power has perished.
  • Prov 14:32 : 32 An evil person will be thrown down through his wickedness, but a righteous person takes refuge in his integrity.
  • Isa 65:20 : 20 Never again will one of her infants live just a few days or an old man die before his time. Indeed, no one will die before the age of a hundred, anyone who fails to reach the age of a hundred will be considered cursed.
  • Ezek 3:18-19 : 18 When I say to the wicked,“You will certainly die,” and you do not warn him– you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked lifestyle so that he may live– that wicked person will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death. 19 But as for you, if you warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wicked deed and from his wicked lifestyle, he will die for his iniquity but you will have saved your own life.
  • Matt 23:39 : 39 For I tell you, you will not see me from now until you say,‘Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!’”
  • Matt 24:23-24 : 23 Then if anyone says to you,‘Look, here is the Christ!’ or‘There he is!’ do not believe him. 24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
  • Matt 25:41 : 41 “Then he will say to those on his left,‘Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels!
  • Matt 25:46 : 46 And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
  • Luke 16:22-26 : 22 “Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. 23 And in Hades, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side. 24 So he called out,‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this fire.’ 25 But Abraham said,‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish. 26 Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.’

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  • John 8:22-25
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    22So the Jewish leaders began to say,“Perhaps he is going to kill himself, because he says,‘Where I am going you cannot come.’”

    23Jesus replied,“You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.

    24Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”

    25So they said to him,“Who are you?” Jesus replied,“What I have told you from the beginning.

  • John 7:33-36
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    33Then Jesus said,“I will be with you for only a little while longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me.

    34You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come.”

    35Then the Jewish leaders said to one another,“Where is he going to go that we cannot find him? He is not going to go to the Jewish people dispersed among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?

    36What did he mean by saying,‘You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come’?”

  • John 13:33
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    33Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders,‘Where I am going you cannot come,’ now I tell you the same.

  • John 14:2-7
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    2There are many dwelling places in my Father’s house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you.

    3And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.

    4And you know the way where I am going.”

    5Thomas said,“Lord, we don’t know where you are going. How can we know the way?”

    6Jesus replied,“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

    7If you have known me, you will know my Father too. And from now on you do know him and have seen him.”

  • John 16:5
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    5But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me,‘Where are you going?’

  • John 13:36
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    36Simon Peter said to him,“Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied,“Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later.”

  • John 16:16-19
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    16In a little while you will see me no longer; again after a little while, you will see me.”

    17Then some of his disciples said to one another,“What is the meaning of what he is saying,‘In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me,’ and,‘because I am going to the Father’?”

    18So they kept on repeating,“What is the meaning of what he says,‘In a little while’? We do not understand what he is talking about.”

    19Jesus could see that they wanted to ask him about these things, so he said to them,“Are you asking each other about this– that I said,‘In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me’?

  • John 8:14
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    14Jesus answered,“Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people do not know where I came from or where I am going.

  • John 5:38-40
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    38nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

    39You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,

    40but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life.

  • John 18:8
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    8Jesus replied,“I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go.”

  • John 14:28
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    28You heard me say to you,‘I am going away and I am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.

  • John 16:10
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    10concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer;

  • John 8:12
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    12Jesus as the Light of the World Then Jesus spoke out again,“I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

  • John 14:19
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    19In a little while the world will not see me any longer, but you will see me; because I live, you will live too.

  • John 6:67
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    67So Jesus said to the twelve,“You don’t want to go away too, do you?”

  • John 8:19-20
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    19Then they began asking him,“Who is your father?” Jesus answered,“You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too.”

    20(Jesus spoke these words near the offering box while he was teaching in the temple courts. No one seized him because his time had not yet come.)

  • John 8:51-52
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    51I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone obeys my teaching, he will never see death.”

    52Then the Judeans responded,“Now we know you’re possessed by a demon! Both Abraham and the prophets died, and yet you say,‘If anyone obeys my teaching, he will never experience death.’

  • John 16:28
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    28I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.”

  • John 21:19
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    19(Now Jesus said this to indicate clearly by what kind of death Peter was going to glorify God.) After he said this, Jesus told Peter,“Follow me.”

  • John 11:7-8
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    7Then after this, he said to his disciples,“Let us go to Judea again.”

    8The disciples replied,“Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death! Are you going there again?”

  • John 7:8
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    8You go up to the feast yourselves. I am not going up to this feast because my time has not yet fully arrived.”

  • John 6:36
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    36But I told you that you have seen me and still do not believe.

  • John 14:31
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    31but I am doing just what the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up, let us go from here.

  • Luke 22:68
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    68and if I ask you, you will not answer.

  • John 8:46
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    46Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I am telling you the truth, why don’t you believe me?

  • John 16:22
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    22So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.

  • John 8:43
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    43Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching.

  • Matt 8:22
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    22But Jesus said to him,“Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”

  • John 12:35
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    35Jesus replied,“The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.

  • John 9:41
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    41Jesus replied,“If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin, but now because you claim that you can see, your guilt remains.

  • John 6:65
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    65So Jesus added,“Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come.”