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 — Jesus reiterates the warning of 7:33-34 with sharper intensity. He is going away; they will seek him (perhaps a Messianic seeking) but will not find him. The gravest statement is 'ye shall die in your sins' (apothneiskethe en tais hamartiais hymōn)—if they do not believe, if they do not know where he is from and where he is going, they will die in the state of sin, separated from God. The ultimacy of the judgment is clarified: rejection of Jesus is not merely a missed opportunity but a catastrophic spiritual fate.

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