Study it in the app“So the Jews said to one another, “Where is this man about to go that we will not find him? Is he about to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?”
Soοὖνthe Jewsοἱ Ἰουδαῖοιsaidεἶπονtoπρὸςone another,ἑαυτούς“WhereΠοῦis this manοὗτοςaboutμέλλειto goπορεύεσθαιthatὅτιweἡμεῖςwill notοὐχfindεὑρήσομενhim?αὐτόνIs heμὴaboutμέλλειto goπορεύεσθαιtoεἰςthe Dispersionτὴν διασπορὰνamong the Greeksτῶν Ἑλλήνωνandκαὶteachδιδάσκεινthe Greeks?τοὺς Ἕλληνας
Jew
A person of the people of Israel, named after the tribe of Judah.
Where else “Ioudaioi” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipon” appearswhere?
Where?
Where else “Pou” appearsbe about to
Something on the point of happening.
Where else “mellei” appearsgo
To go somewhere, set out.
Where else “poreuesthai” appearsfind
To come upon something or someone, after searching or by surprise.
Where else “heurēsomen” appearsdispersion
Dispersion; the Jews who lived scattered outside Israel.
Where else “diasporan” appearsGentile
Someone who is not a Jew.
Where else “Hellēnōn” appearsteach
Teach.
Where else “didaskein” appearsThe “Dispersion” are the Jews who lived outside Israel, among Greek-speaking peoples.
34You will seek me and will not find me, and where I am you cannot come.”
35 · This verse (above)
36What does this saying mean that he said, ‘You will seek me and will not find me, and where I am you cannot come’?”
1. What it says
At the festival, what do the people think of Jesus, and what do the guards sent to arrest him say? (vv. 12, 40-46)
2. What it means
Jesus says, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink” (v. 37). What does he promise the one who believes in him? (vv. 37-39)
3. How I live it
Nicodemus asked that Jesus be heard before being judged (v. 51). When is it wise for you to listen first before forming an opinion about someone?
