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|These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.

|These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come.

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|Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, while teaching in the temple, and no one arrested him, because it was not time for that yet.

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|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.

|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.

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|A little later, Jesus told them, "I am leaving, and you will start hunting me, and so, you will die with your sins unforgiven. Where I am going, you cannot follow.

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|The Greek actually says, "''in your sins''," which is an idiom for "still facing the full judgment for your sins - that is, with your sins still upon you because they have not been removed or forgiven."

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|Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.

|Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.

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|Then the Jews wondered, "Will He kill Himself? Is that what He means by, 'Where I am going, you cannot follow'?"

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|Since they had already dismissed the possibility that Jesus was the Messiah, or that He might go to the Gentiles, the only other thing they could think of was that He was going to commit suicide.

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|And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

|And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

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|He responded, "You are from below, I am from above. You are from this world, I am not from this world.

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|I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

|I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

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|So I told you that you will die with your sins unforgiven, because if you do not believe that I Am, you will die with your sins unforgiven.

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|The phrase, "εγω ειμι" was the common way of saying, "I am he" or "I am the one" or "it is I" or "here I am" or "I am who I say I am," which is why the Jews initially understood Him to be saying something like, "I am who I say I am." It is also, however, the Greek form of how Yahweh identified Himself to Moses in Exodus 3:14, but since no Jew would dare commit the blasphemy of associating himself with that name, it would never even occur to the Jews to take that as the meaning. Ironically, in light of Jesus' statement in verse 58 below, it is clear that this is exactly how Jesus intended it to be understood. I have chosen to translate it as Jesus meant it, not as the Jews understood it (which is how most translations handle this verse).

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