Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, thou canst not come — the Jewish authorities misunderstand Jesus's statement about going away, interpreting it as a suicide threat. 'Will he kill himself?' misses the point entirely: Jesus is not threatening self-destruction but speaking of his return to the Father through death. The misunderstanding reflects their continued inability to grasp his spiritual language. Yet the comment reveals a dark irony: Jesus will indeed 'go away' through death, though not by suicide but by execution that the authorities themselves will bring about.

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