Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
So the Jews said, Will he take his life? Is that why he says, Where I go it is not possible for you to come?
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
Holman Bible
So the Jews said again, “He won’t kill Himself, will He, since He says,
International Standard Version
So the Jewish leaders were asking, "He isn't going to kill himself, is he? Is that why he said, "You cannot come where I'm going'?"
A Conservative Version
The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, because he says, Where I go, ye cannot come?
American Standard Version
The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come?
Amplified
So the Jews were asking [among themselves], “Will He kill Himself? Is that why He says,
An Understandable Version
So, the Jews asked [one another], "Will he kill himself, because he said, 'You cannot go where I am going'?"
Anderson New Testament
Then said the Jews: Will he kill himself, because he says, Whither I go, you can not come?
Common New Testament
Then the Jews said, "Will he kill himself, since he says, 'Where I go you cannot come'?"
Daniel Mace New Testament
then said the Jews, what, will he kill himself? that he says, "whither I go, you cannot come."
Darby Translation
The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he says, Where I go ye cannot come?
Godbey New Testament
Then the Jews were saying, Whether will He kill Himself, because He says, Whither I go away, you are not able to come?
Goodspeed New Testament
So the Jews said, "Is he going to kill himself, and is that why he says, 'You cannot come where I am going'?"
John Wesley New Testament
Whither I go, ye cannot come. The Jews said therefore, Will he kill himself? Because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
Julia Smith Translation
Then said the Jews, Will he not kill himself? for he says, Where I retire, ye cannot come.
King James 2000
Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he said, Where I go, you cannot come.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then the Jews began to say, "Perhaps he will kill himself, because he is saying, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'"
Modern King James verseion
Then the Jews said, Will he kill himself? Because he says, Where I go you cannot come.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Then said the Jews, "Will he kill himself? Because he saith, 'Whither I go, thither can ye not come?'"
Moffatt New Testament
So the Jews said, "Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, 'Where I go, you cannot come'?"
Montgomery New Testament
Then the Jews said: "He will not kill himself, will he? Is that why he says, 'Where I am going you cannot come'?"
NET Bible
So the Jewish leaders began to say, "Perhaps he is going to kill himself, because he says, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'"
New Heart English Bible
The Jewish leaders therefore said, "Will he kill himself, that he says, 'Where I am going, you cannot come?'"
Noyes New Testament
The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come?
Sawyer New Testament
Then the Jews said, Will he kill himself, that he says, Where I go you cannot come?
The Emphasized Bible
The Jews, therefore, were saying - Can it be that he will kill himself, that he saith, Whither, I, go, ye, cannot come?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
The Jews said therefore, Will he kill himself? because he said, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
Twentieth Century New Testament
"Is he going to kill himself," the Jews exclaimed, "that he says-- 'You cannot go where I am going'?"
Webster
Then said the Jews, will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
Weymouth New Testament
The Jews began to ask one another, "Is he going to kill himself, do you think, that he says, 'Where I am going, it is impossible for you to come'?"
Williams New Testament
Then the Jews began to say, "He is not going to kill Himself, is He? Is that why He said, 'Where I am going you can never come'?"
World English Bible
The Jews therefore said, "Will he kill himself, that he says, 'Where I am going, you can't come?'"
Worrell New Testament
The Jews, therefore, said, "Will He kill Himself?" because He said, "Whither I go, ye cannot come."
Worsley New Testament
The Jews therefore said, What! will He kill himself; that He says, where I am going, ye cannot come?
Youngs Literal Translation
The Jews, therefore, said, 'Will he kill himself, because he saith, Whither I go away, ye are not able to come?'
Themes
Jesus Christ » Where jesus Christ descended from
Misunderstood truth » Christ's departure confused with suicide
Interlinear
heautou
Hopou
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 8:22
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Predicts His Death
21 Then he said to them again, I am going away and you will be looking for me, but death will overtake you in your sins. It is not possible for you to come where I am going. 22 So the Jews said, Will he take his life? Is that why he says, Where I go it is not possible for you to come? 23 And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world.
Names
Cross References
John 8:48
The Jews said to him in answer, Are we not right in saying that you are of Samaria and have an evil spirit?
John 8:52
The Jews said to him, Now we are certain that you have an evil spirit. Abraham is dead, and the prophets are dead; and you say, If a man keeps my word he will never see death.
Psalm 22:6
But I am a worm and not a man; cursed by men, and looked down on by the people.
Psalm 31:18
Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.
John 7:20
The people said in answer, You have an evil spirit: who has any desire to put you to death?
John 7:35
So the Jews said among themselves, To what place is he going where we will not see him? will he go to the Jews living among the Greeks and become the teacher of the Greeks?
John 10:20
And a number of them said, He has an evil spirit and is out of his mind; why do you give ear to him?
Hebrews 12:3
Give thought to him who has undergone so much of the hate of sinners against himself, so that you may not be tired and feeble of purpose.
Hebrews 13:13
Let us then go out to him outside the circle of the tents, taking his shame on ourselves.