Joh 8:21 | RWP | e4.org | Again ( παλιν ). Probably παλιν (again) in verse refers to a day after the feast is over since the last day is mentioned in . So then here again we probably move on to another day still beyond that in verse . And ye shall seek me ( κα ζητησετε με ). As in , "the search of despair" (Bernard), seeking for the Messiah when it is too late, the tragedy of Judaism today ( ). And ye shall die in your sin ( κα εν τη αμαρτια υμων αποθανεισθε ). Future middle indicative of αποθνησκω which is the emphatic word here (cf. ; ; ). Note singular αμαρτια (sin) here, but plural αμαρτιαις (sins) when the phrase is repeated in verse (sin in its essence, sin in its acts). Ye cannot come ( υμεις ου δυνασθε ελθειν ). Precise language of to the Jews and to the apostles in .

‏ John 8:21

Again ( παλιν ). Probably παλιν (again) in verse 12 refers to a day after the feast is over since the last day is mentioned in 7:37. So then here again we probably move on to another day still beyond that in verse 12.

And ye shall seek me ( κα ζητησετε με ). As in 7:34, "the search of despair" (Bernard), seeking for the Messiah when it is too late, the tragedy of Judaism today (1:11).

And ye shall die in your sin ( κα εν τη αμαρτια υμων αποθανεισθε ). Future middle indicative of αποθνησκω which is the emphatic word here (cf. Eze 3:18; 18:18; Pr 24:9). Note singular αμαρτια (sin) here, but plural αμαρτιαις (sins) when the phrase is repeated in verse 24 (sin in its essence, sin in its acts).

Ye cannot come ( υμεις ου δυνασθε ελθειν ). Precise language of 7:34 to the Jews and to the apostles in 13:33.