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Commentaries on John 8:21

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

Then said Jesus again unto them,.... It may be, immediately after he had said the above words; or rather some time after, it may be on the same day: I go my way; meaning, the way of all flesh, or that he should die: the way of speaking shows, that his death was certain, a determined thing; which must be, and yet was voluntary: he was not driven, nor forced, but went freely; this being the path,...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

In this chapter we have, I. Christ's evading the snare which the Jews laid for him, in bringing to him a woman taken in adultery, ver. 1-11. II. Divers discourses or conferences of his with the Jews that cavilled at him, and sought occasion against him, and made every thing he said a matter of controversy. 1. Concerning his being the light of the world, ver. 12-20. 2. Concerning the ruin of the...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

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. Oh, what a terrible sentence is that! I pray that the Lord may never say that to any of us, “Whither I go, ye cannot come.” That would be the death —knell of all our hopes, and would make our life one long banishment. Blessed be his name, we who have sought him, and have...