John 8:22
So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”
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Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come?
KJV
Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
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Commentary
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16 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἔλεγον | elegon | Were saying | G3004 → |
| οὖν | oun | therefore | G3767 → |
| οἱ | hoi | the | G3588 → |
| Ἰουδαῖοι· | Ioudaioi | Jews; | G2453 → |
| μήτι | mēti | surely not ever | G3385 → |
| ἀποκτενεῖ | apoktenei | will He kill | G615 → |
| ἑαυτόν, | he'auton | Himself, | G1438 → |
| ὅτι | hoti | for | G3754 → |
| λέγει· | legei | He says; | G3004 → |
| ὅπου | hopou | Where | G3699 → |
| ἐγὼ | egō | I myself | G1473 → |
| ὑπάγω | hupagō | go | G5217 → |
| ὑμεῖς | humeis | you yourselves | G4771 → |
| οὐ | ou | not | G3756 → |
| δύνασθε | dunasthe | are able | G1410 → |
| ἐλθεῖν; | elthein | to come’? | G2064 → |
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