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John 7:33-36

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

33. Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and [then] I go unto him that sent me. 34. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find [me]: and where I am, [thither] ye cannot come. 35. 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? 36. 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?

John 7:33-36 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on John 7:33

Theological / Devotional

Them. Textual evidence favors (cf. p. 146) the omission of this word. The context seems to indicate that Jesus directed His remarks to the people generally, not simply to the Temple police sent to arrest Him, as the pronoun “them” might seem to indicate.

A little while. From the Feast of Tabernacles to the Passover the following spring, when Jesus was crucified, was about six months. Three years of His ministry was in the past and but half a year remained.

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