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Soοὖνhe saidΕἶπενto themαὐτοῖςagain,πάλιν“IἘγὼam going away,ὑπάγωandκαὶyou will seekζητήσετέme,μεandκαὶyou will dieἀποθανεῖσθεinἐνyour sin.τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ ὑμῶνWhereὅπουIἐγὼam going,ὑπάγωyouὑμεῖςcannotοὐ δύνασθεcome.”ἐλθεῖν
John 8:21
Study it in the app“So he said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.””
With the Greek beneath
John 8:21, word by word
- he saidΕἶπενEipen
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “Eipen” appears- againπάλινpalin
again
Once more, repeating what came before.
Where else “palin” appears- am going awayὑπάγωhypagō
go away
Go away, leave; "go!".
Where else “hypagō” appears- you will seekζητήσετέzētēsete
seek
To go after something or someone until it is found.
Where else “zētēsete” appears- you will dieἀποθανεῖσθεapothaneisthe
die
To stop living: the end of life in the body.
Where else “apothaneisthe” appears- your sinἁμαρτίᾳhamartiai
sin
Doing what God does not want, and the guilt it leaves.
Where else “hamartiai” appears- Whereὅπουhopou
where
Where, wherever.
Where else “hopou” appears- cannotδύνασθεdynasthe
can, be able
Can, be able.
Where else “dynasthe” appears- comeἐλθεῖνelthein
come
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “elthein” appears
The context
20He spoke these words in the treasury, teaching in the temple; and no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.
21 · This verse (above)
22So the Jews were saying, “Surely he will not kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”
To study John 8 in a group
1. What it says
When the woman caught in adultery is brought to him, what does Jesus say to her accusers, and what does he say to her at the end? (vv. 3-11)
2. What it means
Jesus says, “I am the light of the world” and “the truth will set you free.” What link is there between remaining in his word and freedom? (vv. 12, 31-36)
3. How I live it
The accusers left one by one when Jesus spoke about sin (v. 9). When is it your turn to look at yourself before pointing at others?