Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible




Jesus again said to them, "I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die [condemned] in your sins. You cannot go where I am going." Verse ConceptsHell, As An ExperienceDeath Of The WickedProphecies Said By JesusLeavingInstructions About FollowingRepent Lest You DieUnable To Do Other ThingsUnbelief Toward Christ

Jesus replied, "I am the bread who gives [spiritual] life; the person who comes to me will never get hungry [again], and the one who believes in me will never get thirsty [again]. But I have told you this: You have seen me and yet do not believe [in me]. Every person [Note: The Greek says, "every thing"] whom the Father gives me will [eventually] come to me [i.e., for salvation]; and I will never turn away that person who comes to me. read more.
For I have come down from heaven to do what God, who sent me, wants me to do, not what I want to do.

And no one has gone up to heaven except the One who has come down from heaven, [even] the Son of man. {{Most translations do not contain the added words "who is in heaven"}}. And [just] like Moses lifted up the snake [on the pole] in the wilderness [Num. 21:9], so the Son of man must be lifted up [on the cross]

But [God's] unearned favor was given to each one of us, according to the gift allotted [to us] by Christ. Therefore, it says [Psa. 68:18], "When He ascended on high [i.e., to heaven], He led a procession of captured prisoners [behind Him] [Note: This originally referred to God leading His people in triumph over Israel's enemies, but here is applied to Christ], and gave gifts to [various] people." (But what does "He ascended" mean if not that He also [first] descended to the lower parts of the earth [i.e., to the earth below]? [Note: Of the three principal interpretations given to this verse: a) Christ descended to earth, b) Christ descended to the grave, c) Christ descended to Mary's womb. The first is to be preferred. See John 3:13; 6:38, 62]. read more.
The One who descended [i.e., from heaven to earth] is the same One [i.e., Christ] who also ascended high above the all the heavens, so that He could fill the entire universe [with His presence]).

Jesus again said to them, "I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die [condemned] in your sins. You cannot go where I am going." So, the Jews asked [one another], "Will he kill himself, because he said, 'You cannot go where I am going'?" Jesus replied, "You people are from below [i.e., from the earthly realm]; I am from above [i.e., from the heavenly realm]. You belong to this world; I do not belong to this world.

Jesus, who knew that the Father had given Him complete authority, [also] knew that He had come from God and was [about] to return to God. Verse ConceptsChristmasCertaintyUniverseChrist Knowing About HimselfChrist's OriginGod Giving To The SonInteraction Of Father And SonThe Father's Activity Regarding ChristFathers Love

"I will be with you, [my dear] children, for only a little while [longer]. You people will look for me, but I am now telling you what I told the Jewish authorities, 'You will not be able to go where I will be.' Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The ChristianProphecies Said By JesusForeknowledge Of ChristDeparturesChrist Not Always With PeopleChrist's Short LifeUnable To Do Other Things

[It will be shown] what is right because I am going [back] to the Father and you will not see me anymore. Verse ConceptsBeing A PilgrimForeknowledge Of ChristProphecies Said By JesusJesus Returning To The FatherNot Seeing ChristGod Doing RightDoing RightThe Father

After a little while [longer] you will not see me anymore. Then a little while [later] you will see me again." Verse ConceptsForeknowledge Of ChristProphecies Said By JesusA Short TimeSeeing The Risen ChristNot Seeing ChristChrist's Short LifeShort Time Till The Endgoodbyes

Jesus again said to them, "I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die [condemned] in your sins. You cannot go where I am going." Verse ConceptsHell, As An ExperienceDeath Of The WickedProphecies Said By JesusLeavingInstructions About FollowingRepent Lest You DieUnable To Do Other ThingsUnbelief Toward Christ

Therefore, Jesus said, "I will be with you for a little while longer, then I will go to the Father who sent me. You people will be looking for me, but you will not find me; and you will not be able to go where I will be."

For you will always have poor people among you, but you will not always have me." Verse ConceptsPoor PeopleBeggarsPoverty, Remedies ForSuffering, HardshipChrist Not Always With PeopleThe poor

Jesus again said to them, "I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die [condemned] in your sins. You cannot go where I am going." Verse ConceptsHell, As An ExperienceDeath Of The WickedProphecies Said By JesusLeavingInstructions About FollowingRepent Lest You DieUnable To Do Other ThingsUnbelief Toward Christ

Therefore I said to you that you will die [condemned] in your sins. For unless you believe that I am [the Messiah, who came from above. See verse 23], you will die [condemned] in your sins." Verse ConceptsDeath, Of UnbelieversFaithlessness, As DisobedienceFaith, As Basis Of SalvationUrgencyUnbelief, Nature And Effects OfUnbelieversUnbelief, Results Of Being GuiltyNew Birth, Necessity OfThe Existence Of ChristSaved By FaithRepent Lest You DieDeath Of A Loved Oneego