Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Again (palin). Probably palin (again) in verse John 8:12 refers to a day after the feast is over since the last day is mentioned in John 7:37. So then here again we probably move on to another day still beyond that in verse John 8:12.
And ye shall seek me (kai zhthsete me). As in John 7:34, "the search of despair" (Bernard), seeking for the Messiah when it is too late, the tragedy of Judaism today (John 1:11).
And ye shall die in your sin (kai en th amartiai umwn apoqaneisqe). Future middle indicative of apoqnhskw which is the emphatic word here (cf. Ezekiel 3:18; Ezekiel 18:18; Proverbs 24:9). Note singular amartiai (sin) here, but plural amartiaiv (sins) when the phrase is repeated in verse John 8:24 (sin in its essence, sin in its acts).
Ye cannot come (umeiv ou dunasqe elqein). Precise language of John 7:34 to the Jews and to the apostles in John 13:33.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
John 7:33
John 7:34
John 11:8
John 13:33
John 13:36
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