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John 7:34 — King James Version← Study notes

Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.


John 7:34Greek Interlinear

Greek · John 7:3413 words
GreekMeaning
ζητήσετέzētēsete
You will seekverbG2212
μεme
I myselfpronounG1473
καὶkai
andwordG2532
οὐχouch
notadverbG3756
εὑρήσετεheurēsete
will findverbG2147
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ὅπουhopou
wherewordG3699
εἰμὶeimi
amverbG1510
ἐγὼegō
IpronounG1473
ὑμεῖςhymeis
you yourselvespronounG4771
οὐou
notadverbG3756
δύνασθεdynasthe
are ableverbG1410
ἐλθεῖνelthein
to comeverbG2064
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on John 7:34

And many of the people believed in Him. Our Lord; brought the poor and humble to be saved. The common people, who soon saw their own infirmities, received His medicine without hesitation.

Augustine · 4th century

Neither had these however a sound faith; but took up a low way of speaking, after the manner of the multitude: When Christ comes, will He do more miracles than this Man has done? Their saying, When Christ comes, shows that they were not steady in believing that He was the Christ: or rather, that they did not believe He was the Christ at all; for it is the same as if they said, that Christ, when He came, would be a superior person, and do more miracles. Minds of the grosser…

Chrysostom · 4th century

for if they reviled Him who was sent, no doubt they did an injury to Him that sent.

Theophylact · 11th century · As if He were going to complain of them to the Father
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