John 7:34

John 7:34

Jesus and the Religious Leaders

32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things concerning Him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take Him.

33 Then Jesus said¹ to them, ^a“I shall be with you a little while longer, and then I ^bgo to Him who sent Me.

34 You ^awill seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you ^bcannot come.”

35 Then the Jews said among themselves, “Where does He intend to go that we shall not find Him? Does He intend to go to ^athe Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?

36 What is this thing that He said, ‘You will seek Me and not find Me, and where I am you cannot come’?”

The Promise of the Holy Spirit

37 ^aOn the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, ^b“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.

38 ^aHe who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, ^bout of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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And shall not find me (kai oux eurhsete me). Future active indicative of euriskw. Jesus had said: "Seek and ye shall find" (Matthew 7:7), but this will be too late. Now they were seeking (verse John 7:30) to kill Jesus, then they will seek deliverance, but too late.

Where I am (opou eimi egw). No conflict with verse John 7:33, but the essential eternal spiritual home of Christ "in absolute, eternal being and fellowship with the Father" (Vincent).

Ye cannot come (umeiv ou dunasqe elqein). This fellowship was beyond the comprehension of these hostile Jews. See the same idea in John 7:36 by the Jews; John 8:21 to the Jews and then to the disciples with the addition of "now" (arti, John 13:33, nun in John 13:36).

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing John 7:34:**

John 8:21
James 1:1

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