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John 8:21

Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”

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ASV

He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come.

KJV

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.

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22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ΕἶπενEipenHe saidG2036 →
οὖνounthenG3767 →
πάλινpalinagainG3825 →
αὐτοῖςautoisto themG846 →
ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473 →
ὑπάγω,hupagōam going awayG5217 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ζητήσετέzētēseteyou will seekG2212 →
μεmeMeG3165 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
τῇtēatheG3588 →
ἁμαρτίᾳhamartiasinG266 →
ὑμῶνhumōnof youG4771 →
ἀποθανεῖσθε·apothaneistheyou will die;G599 →
ὅπουhopouwhereG3699 →
ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473 →
ὑπάγωhupagōgoG5217 →
ὑμεῖςhumeisyou yourselvesG4771 →
οὐounotG3756 →
δύνασθεdunastheare ableG1410 →
ἐλθεῖν.eltheinto come.G2064 →

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Isaiah 55:6Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.Revelation 22:11Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”Ezekiel 3:18If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.John 7:34You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”John 8:24That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”John 12:8The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.”1 Corinthians 15:56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.John 14:19In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.Mark 8:13And He left them, got back into the boat, and crossed to the other side.Ezra 9:15O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”John 13:33Little children, I am with you only a little while longer. You will look for Me, and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you: ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’Ezekiel 3:18–19If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak out to warn him from his wicked way to save his life, that wicked man will die in his iniquity, and I will hold you responsible for his blood.1 Corinthians 15:17–18And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.Ezekiel 18:24But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.Proverbs 11:7When the wicked man dies, his hope perishes, and the hope of his strength vanishes.John 12:35Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.John 12:33He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

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