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Myles Coverdale Bible

John 8:22

Then sayde ye Iewes: Wyl he kyll him self then, that he sayeth: whither I go, thither can not ye come?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hades;   Jesus Continued;   Scofield Reference Index - World-System;   Thompson Chain Reference - Misunderstood Truth;   Truth;   The Topic Concordance - Death;   Jesus Christ;   Unbelief;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - John, gospel of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jesus Christ;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Disciples;   Gabriel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Consciousness;   Death of Christ;   Deceit, Deception, Guile;   Endurance;   Error;   Pharisees (2);  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for April 20;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the Jews said again, “He won’t kill himself, will he, since he says, ‘Where I’m going, you cannot come’
King James Version (1611)
Then said the Iewes, Will hee kill himselfe? because he saith, Whither I goe, ye cannot come.
King James Version
Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
English Standard Version
So the Jews said, "Will he kill himself, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come' ?"
New American Standard Bible
So the Jews were saying, "Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, 'Where I am going, you cannot come'?"
New Century Version
So the Jews asked, "Will he kill himself? Is that why he said, ‘You cannot come where I am going' ?"
Amplified Bible
So the Jews were asking [among themselves], "Will He kill Himself? Is that why He says, 'Where I am going, you cannot come'?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the Jews were saying, "Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, 'Where I am going, you cannot come'?"
Legacy Standard Bible
So the Jews were saying, "Surely He will not kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come'?"
Berean Standard Bible
So the Jews began to ask, "Will He kill Himself, since He says, 'Where I am going, you cannot come'?"
Contemporary English Version
The Jewish leaders asked, "Does he intend to kill himself? Is that what he means by saying we cannot go where he is going?"
Complete Jewish Bible
The Judeans said, "Is he going to commit suicide? Is that what he means when he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come'?"
Darby Translation
The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he says, Where I go ye cannot come?
Easy-to-Read Version
So the Jewish leaders asked themselves, "Will he kill himself? Is that why he said, ‘You cannot come where I am going'?"
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then said the Iewes, Will he kill himselfe, because he saith, Whither I goe, can ye not come?
George Lamsa Translation
The Jews said, Why, will he kill himself? for he says, Where I am going, you cannot come.
Good News Translation
So the Jewish authorities said, "He says that we cannot go where he is going. Does this mean that he will kill himself?"
Lexham English Bible
Then the Jews began to say, "Perhaps he will kill himself, because he is saying, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.'"
Literal Translation
Then the Jews said, Will He kill Himself, because He says, Where I go, you are not able to come?
American Standard Version
The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come?
Bible in Basic English
So the Jews said, Will he take his life? Is that why he says, Where I go it is not possible for you to come?
Hebrew Names Version
The Yehudim therefore said, "Will he kill himself, that he says, 'Where I am going, you can't come?'"
International Standard Version
So the Jews said, "He isn't going to kill himself, is he? Is that why he said,Because he said">[fn] 'You cannot come where I am going'?"
Etheridge Translation
The Jihudoyee say, Will he kill himself then ? for he saith, Whither I go you cannot come.
Murdock Translation
The Jews said: Is he about to kill himself, that he should say, Whither I go ye cannot come?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then sayde the Iewes: Wyll he kyll hym selfe, because he saith, whyther I go, thyther can ye not come?
English Revised Version
The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come?
World English Bible
The Jews therefore said, "Will he kill himself, that he says, 'Where I am going, you can't come?'"
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Whither I go, ye cannot come. The Jews said therefore, Will he kill himself? Because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
Weymouth's New Testament
The Jews began to ask one another, "Is he going to kill himself, do you think, that he says, `Where I am going, it is impossible for you to come'?"
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the Jewis seiden, Whether he schal sle hym silf, for he seith, Whidur Y go, ye moun not come?
Update Bible Version
The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he says, Where I go, you can't come?
Webster's Bible Translation
Then said the Jews, will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
New English Translation
So the Jewish leaders began to say, "Perhaps he is going to kill himself, because he says, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.'"
New King James Version
So the Jews said, "Will He kill Himself, because He says, "Where I go you cannot come'?"
New Living Translation
The people asked, "Is he planning to commit suicide? What does he mean, ‘You cannot come where I am going'?"
New Life Bible
The Jews said, "Will He kill Himself because He said, ‘Where I am going you cannot come' ?"
New Revised Standard
Then the Jews said, "Is he going to kill himself? Is that what he means by saying, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come'?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The Jews, therefore, were saying - Can it be that he will kill himself, that he saith, Whither, I, go, ye, cannot come?
Douay-Rheims Bible
The Jews therefore said: Will he kill himself, because he said: Whither I go you cannot come?
Revised Standard Version
Then said the Jews, "Will he kill himself, since he says, 'Where I am going, you cannot come'?"
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
Then sayde the Iewes: will he kyll him selfe because he sayth: whyther I goo thyther can ye not come?
Young's Literal Translation
The Jews, therefore, said, `Will he kill himself, because he saith, Whither I go away, ye are not able to come?'
Mace New Testament (1729)
then said the Jews, what, will he kill himself? that he says, "whither I go, you cannot come."
THE MESSAGE
The Jews said, "So, is he going to kill himself? Is that what he means by ‘You can't come with me'?"
Simplified Cowboy Version
The people started wondering if Jesus meant he was going to kill himself.

Contextual Overview

21 Then sayde Iesus agayne vnto them: I go my waye, and ye shal seke me, and shal dye in youre synnes: whither I go, thither can not ye come. 22 Then sayde ye Iewes: Wyl he kyll him self then, that he sayeth: whither I go, thither can not ye come? 23 And he sayde vnto them: Ye are from beneth, I am from aboue: Ye are of this worlde, I am not of this worlde. 24 Therfore haue I sayde vnto you, that ye shal dye in youre synnes. For yf ye beleue not that I am he, ye shal dye in youre synnes. 25 Then sayde they vnto him: Who art thou then? And Iesus sayde vnto the: Eue the very same thinge that I saye vnto you. 26 I haue many thinges to saye and to iudge of you. But he that sent me, is true: and loke what I haue herde of him,that speake I before the worlde, 27 Howbeit they vnderstode not, that he spake of the father. 28 Then sayde Iesus vnto them: Whan ye haue lift vp an hye the sonne of man, then shal ye knowe that I am he, and that I do nothinge of my self: but as my father hath taught me, euen so I speake. 29 And he that sent me, is with me. The father leaueth me not alone, for I do alwaie that pleaseth him. 30 Whan he thus spake, many beleued on him. Then sayde Iesus vnto the Iewes, that beleued on him:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Will: John 8:48, John 8:52, John 7:20, John 10:20, Psalms 22:6, Psalms 31:18, Psalms 123:4, Hebrews 12:3, Hebrews 13:13

Reciprocal: Luke 13:35 - Ye shall not

Cross-References

Genesis 8:8
Then sent he forth a doue from him, to wete, whether the waters were falle vpon the earth.
Genesis 8:9
But when ye doue coude fynde no restynge place for hir fete, she came agayne vnto him in to the Arcke, for the waters were yet vpon the face of all the earth. And he put out his hande, and toke her to him in to the Arke.
Genesis 8:11
& she returned vnto him aboute the euen tyde: and beholde, she had broken of a leaf of an olyue tre, & bare it in hir nebb. Then Noe perceaued, that the waters were abated vpon the earth.
Genesis 8:12
Neuertheles he taried yet seuen other dayes, and sent forth the doue, which came nomore to him agayne.
Genesis 8:16
Go out of the Arke, thou and thy wyfe, and thy sonnes, and thy sonnes wyues with the.
Genesis 8:17
As for all the beastes that are with the, what so euer flesh it be (both foule & catell and all maner of wormes that crepe vpon the earth) let them go out with the, and be ye occupied vpon the earth, growe and multiplye vpon the earth.
Genesis 8:20
And Noe buylded an altare vnto ye LORDE, and toke of all maner of cleane beastes & of all maner of cleane foules, and offred bret sacrifices vpon ye altare.
Genesis 45:6
For these are now two yeares, that ye derth hath bene in the lande, and there are yet fyue yeares behynde, wherin there shalbe no plowinge ner haruest.
Exodus 34:21
Sixe dayes shalt thou labor, vpon ye seueth daye shalt thou rest both from plowinge and reapynge.
Jeremiah 5:24
They thinke not in their hartes: O let vs feare the LORDE oure God, that geueth vs rayne early and late, when nede is: which kepeth euer still the haruest for vs yearly.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said the Jews, will he kill himself?.... Which was not only a wicked, but a foolish consequence, drawn from his words: for it by no means followed, because he was going away, and whither they could not come, that therefore he must destroy himself; this seems to be what they would have been glad he would have done, and suggested the thought that he might do it, in which they imitated Satan, Matthew 4:6, under whose influence they now apparently were, and hoped that he would, which would at once extricate them out of their difficulties on his account:

because he sayeth, whither I go ye cannot come: this is no reason at all; for had Christ's meaning been, as they blasphemously intimate, they might have destroyed themselves too, and have gone after him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Will he kill himself? - It is difficult to know whether this question was asked from ignorance or malice. Self-murder was esteemed then, as it is now, as one of the greatest crimes; and it is not improbable that they asked this question with mingled hatred and contempt. “He is a deceiver; he has broken the law of Moses; he is mad, and it is probable he will go on and kill himself.” If this was their meaning, we see the wonderful patience of Jesus in enduring the contradiction of sinners; and as he bore contempt without rendering railing for railing, so should we.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 22. Will he kill himself? — They now understood that he spoke concerning his death; but before, John 7:35, they thought he spoke of going to some of the Grecian provinces, to preach to the dispersed Jews.


 
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