John 7:34

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.

Literal

You will seek Me and will not find Me; and where I am, you are not able to come.”

Latin

Quæretis me, et non invenietis: et ubi ego sum, vos non potestis venire.

Interlinear

Greek

English

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

Notes

John 7:32–36

Jesus announced his return to the one who sent him, the Father in heaven (17:1–7). But the Pharisees misunderstood him. They thought he was leaving Judea to visit the Gentiles (non-Jewish people). These were people whom Pharisees would never visit.
After Jesus returned to the Father, the Jewish leaders would no longer be able to find him.
and where I am, you cannot come: These Pharisees, still in spiritual darkness, could not enter heaven. So Jesus would be beyond their reach there.

John 7:1–52

This chapter describes Jesus at the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles. Jesus used parts of the feast to reveal his true identity to his fellow Jews and to show that he had fulfilled the feast's essential meaning (see 7:37–39; 8:12).

Theme notes and profiles

Misunderstanding in the Gospel of John

Events

Feast of Tabernacles

Related verses

John 13:33–36
Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’
Proverbs 1:24–31
Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,
Hosea 5:6
They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.
John 8:21–24
Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”
John 14:3
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.
John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
John 17:24
Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
Luke 13:34–35
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!
Luke 17:22–23
Then He said to the disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
Luke 13:24–25
“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
Matthew 23:39
For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Brothers of Jesus Jesus Christ, Teachings of John, Gospel of Nathanael Ruler Spirit of Jesus Christ

Topics

Jesus, the Christ: Ascension of Jesus, the Christ: Revelations by: His Ascension Jesus, the Christ: Teaches in Jerusalem at the Feast of Tabernacles

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