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21 He said to them again, “I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin.[a] Where I am going you cannot come.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:21 You will die in your sin: i.e., of disbelief; cf. Jn 8:24. Where I am going you cannot come: except through faith in Jesus’ passion-resurrection.

Dispute Over Who Jesus Is

21 Once more Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die(A) in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come.”(B)

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36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become children of the light.”(A)

Unbelief and Belief Among the Jews. After he had said this, Jesus left and hid from them.

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36 Believe in the light while you have the light, so that you may become children of light.”(A) When he had finished speaking, Jesus left and hid himself from them.(B)

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33 My children, I will be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, and as I told the Jews, ‘Where I go you cannot come,’ so now I say it to you.(A)

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33 “My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.(A)

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Peter’s Denial Predicted. 36 Simon Peter said to him, “Master, where are you going?” Jesus answered [him], “Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, though you will follow later.”(A)

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36 Simon Peter asked him, “Lord, where are you going?”(A)

Jesus replied, “Where I am going, you cannot follow now,(B) but you will follow later.”(C)

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But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you asks me,[a] ‘Where are you going?’(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 16:5 Not one of you asks me: the difficulty of reconciling this with Simon Peter’s question in Jn 13:36 and Thomas’ words in Jn 14:5 strengthens the supposition that the last discourse has been made up of several collections of Johannine material.

but now I am going to him who sent me.(A) None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’(B)

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29 Yet when you seek the Lord, your God, from there, you shall indeed find him if you search after him with all your heart and soul.(A)

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29 But if from there you seek(A) the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart(B) and with all your soul.(C)

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28 Then they will call me, but I will not answer;
    they will seek me, but will not find me,

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28 “Then they will call to me but I will not answer;(A)
    they will look for me but will not find me,(B)

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[a]Seek the Lord while he may be found,
    call upon him while he is near.

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Footnotes

  1. 55:6–9 The invitation to seek the Lord is motivated by the mercy of a God whose “ways” are completely mysterious.

Seek(A) the Lord while he may be found;(B)
    call(C) on him while he is near.

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With their flocks and herds they will go
    to seek the Lord, but will not find him;(A)
    he has withdrawn from them.

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When they go with their flocks and herds
    to seek the Lord,(A)
they will not find him;
    he has withdrawn(B) himself from them.

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