John 7:36

What maner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seeke me, and shall not find me? and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan

"What is this statement that He said, 'You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come'?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)

What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?
- American Standard Version (1901)

What is this saying of his, You will be looking for me and will not see me, and where I am you may not come?
- Basic English Bible

What does He mean by saying, 'You will look for Me, but you will not find Me,' and, 'Where I am, you cannot come'?"
- Berean Standard Bible Bible

What word is this which he said, Ye shall seek me and shall not find [me]; and where I am ye cannot come?
- Darby Bible

What is this saying that he hath said: You shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, you cannot come?
- Douay-Rheims Bible

What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, ye cannot come?
- English Revised Version

What is this word that he said, 'You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come'?"
- World English Bible

Wesley's Notes for John 7:36

7:34 Ye shall seek me - Whom ye now despise. These words are, as it were, the text which is commented upon in this and the following chapter. Where I am - Christ's so frequently saying while on earth, where I am, when he spake of his being in heaven, intimates his perpetual presence there in his Divine nature: though his going thither was a future thing, with regard to his human nature.

7:35 Will he go to the dispersed among the Greeks - The Jews scattered abroad in heathen nations, Greece particularly. Or, Will he teach the Greeks? - The heathens themselves.

7:37 On the last, the great day of the feast - On this day there was the greatest concourse of people, and they were then wont to fetch water from the fountain of Siloam, which the priests poured out on the great altar, singing one to an other, With joy shall ye draw water from the wells of salvation. On this day likewise they commemorated God's miraculously giving water out of the rock, and offered up solemn prayers for seasonable rains.

7:38 He that believeth - This answers to let him come to me. And whosoever doth come to him by faith, his inmost soul shall be filled with living water, with abundance of peace, joy, and love, which shall likewise flow from him to others. As the Scripture hath said - Not expressly in any one particular place. But here is a general reference to all those scriptures which speak of the effusion of the Spirit by the Messiah, under the similitude of pouring out water. #Zec 14:8|.