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John 8:21–22

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Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
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From verse 21

  1. John 7:34Rank 1 from verse 21
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    34Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.

  2. John 8:24Rank 2 from verse 21
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    24I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

  3. 1 Corinthians 15:17–18Rank 3 from verse 21
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    17And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

    18Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

  4. Ezekiel 3:18–19Rank 4 from verse 21
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    18When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.

    19Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

  5. John 13:33Rank 5 from verse 21
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    33Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you.

From verse 22

  1. John 8:52Rank 1 from verse 22
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    52Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

  2. Psalms 22:6Rank 2 from verse 22
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    6But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

  3. Hebrews 12:3Rank 3 from verse 22
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    3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

  4. John 8:48Rank 4 from verse 22
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    48Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?

  5. Psalms 31:18Rank 5 from verse 22
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    18Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.

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John 8:21

COMBINED MEANING

again

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Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.

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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.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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sins

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Transgressions or offences against God and his law, and the guilt for them.

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John 8:22

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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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20These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.

21Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.

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22Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.

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23And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

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