“Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.”
King James Version (KJV)
8:23 Ye are - Again he passes over their interruption, and proves what he advanced, #John 8:21|. Of them that are beneath - From the earth. I am of them that are above - Here he directly shows whence he came, even from heaven, and whither he goes.
8:24 If ye believe not that I AM - Here (as in #John 8:58|) our Lord claims the Divine name, I AM, #Exod 3:14|. But the Jews, as if he had stopped short, and not finished the sentence, answered, Who art thou?
Joh 8:22 Will he kill himself? They understood that he referred to his death, but parried the thought that he would die at their hands. Their words were partly mockery.
Then said the Iewes, Will hee kill himselfe? because he saith, Whither I goe, ye cannot come.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
So the Jews were saying, "Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, 'Where I am going, you cannot come'?"
- New American Standard Version (1995)
The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come?
- American Standard Version (1901)
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?
- Basic English Bible
The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he says, Where I go ye cannot come?
- Darby Bible
Then said the Jews, will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
- Webster's Bible
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'?"
- Weymouth Bible
The Jews therefore said, "Will he kill himself, that he says, 'Where I am going, you can't come?'"
- World English Bible
Therfor the Jewis seiden, Whether he schal sle hym silf, for he seith, Whidur Y go, ye moun not come?
- Wycliffe Bible
The Jews, therefore, said, `Will he kill himself, because he saith, Whither I go away, ye are not able to come?'
- Youngs Literal Bible