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20 Jesus said these things in the treasury while He was teaching in the temple [[a]court]; but no one ventured to arrest Him, because His hour had not yet come.

21 Therefore He said again to them, I am going away, and you will be looking for Me, and you will die in (under the curse of) your sin. Where I am going, it is not possible for you to come.

22 At this the Jews began to ask among themselves, Will He kill Himself? Is that why He says, Where I am going, it is not possible for you to come?

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Footnotes

  1. John 8:20 Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.

20 He spoke these words while teaching(A) in the temple courts near the place where the offerings were put.(B) Yet no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.(C)

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

22 This made the Jews ask, “Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, ‘Where I go, you cannot come’?”

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