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John 7:36

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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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  1. John 3:9Rank 1 from verse 36
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    9Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be?

  2. 1 Corinthians 2:14Rank 2 from verse 36
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    14But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

  3. John 7:34Rank 3 from verse 36
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    34Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.

  4. John 12:34Rank 4 from verse 36
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    34The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?

  5. John 16:17–18Rank 5 from verse 36
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    17Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father?

    18They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.

  6. John 3:4Rank 6 from verse 36
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    4Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?

  7. John 6:41Rank 7 from verse 36
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    41The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

  8. John 6:52Rank 8 from verse 36
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    52The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

  9. John 6:60Rank 9 from verse 36
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    60Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

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John 7:36

COMBINED MEANING

ye

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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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find

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To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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7:32¶ The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.

7:33Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me.

7:34Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.

7:35Then 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?

7:36What 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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