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John 8:22

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

KJV

ἔλεγον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι· μήτι ἀποκτενεῖ ἑαυτόν, ὅτι λέγει· ὅπου ἐγὼ ὑπάγω ὑμεῖς οὐ δύνασθε ἐλθεῖν;

Greek NT

Dicebant ergo Judæi : Numquid interficiet semetipsum, quia dixit : Quo ego vado, vos non potestis venire ?

Vulgate

The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come?

ASV

The Jews therefore said: Will he kill himself, because he said: Whither I go you cannot come?

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

15 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μήτι
meti
particle · 17×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
οὖν
oun
conjunction · 489×
ἀποκτείνω
apokteino
verb · 74×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἑαυτοῦ
eautou
reflexive_pronoun · 316×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
o
article · 19778×
ὅπου
opou
adverb · 82×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
ὑπάγω
upago
verb · 81×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • John 8:48 — Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
  • John 8:52 — Then 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.
  • Luke 13:35 — Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
  • Ps 22:6 — But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.