Key Verse Spotlight
John 7:34 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Ye shall seek me, and shall not find {me}: and where I am, {thither} ye cannot come.”
John 7:34
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and {then} I go unto him that sent me.
Ye shall seek me, and shall not find {me}: and where I am, {thither} ye cannot come.
Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? {Gentiles: or, Greeks}
What {manner of} saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find {me}: and where I am, {thither} ye cannot come?
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