KJV: What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
YLT: what is this word that he said, Ye will seek me, and ye shall not find? and, Where I am, ye are not able to come?'
Darby: What word is this which he said, Ye shall seek me and shall not find me; and where I am ye cannot come?
ASV: What is this word that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me; and where I am, ye cannot come?
| λόγος | word |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: λόγος Sense: of speech. |
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| οὗτος | this |
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Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: οὗτος Sense: this. |
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| ὃν | that |
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Parse: Personal / Relative Pronoun, Accusative Masculine Singular Root: ὅς Sense: who, which, what, that. |
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| εἶπεν | He said |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: λέγω Sense: to speak, say. |
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| Ζητήσετέ | You will seek |
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Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Active, 2nd Person Plural Root: ζητέω Sense: to seek in order to find. |
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| με | Me |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Accusative 1st Person Singular Root: ἐγώ Sense: I, me, my. |
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| εὑρήσετέ | will find |
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Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Active, 2nd Person Plural Root: εὑρίσκω Sense: to come upon, hit upon, to meet with. |
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| [με] | Me |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Accusative 1st Person Singular Root: ἐγώ Sense: I, me, my. |
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| Ὅπου | Where |
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Parse: Adverb Root: ὅπου Sense: where, whereas. |
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| δύνασθε | are able |
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Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Middle or Passive, 2nd Person Plural Root: δύναμαι Sense: to be able, have power whether by virtue of one’s own ability and resources, or of a state of mind, or through favourable circumstances, or by permission of law or custom. |
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| ἐλθεῖν | to come |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Infinitive Active Root: ἔρχομαι Sense: to come. |
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Greek Commentary for John 7:36
Puzzled and uneasy over this unintelligible saying. Even Peter is distressed over it later (John 13:3). [source]
Rev., more simply and literally, what is this word? [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for John 7:36
Frequent in John, and expressing an inherent impossibility. See John 3:3, John 3:5; John 5:19; John 6:44; John 7:34, John 7:36; John 8:21, John 8:43; John 12:39; John 14:17, etc. [source]
Future active indicative of ευρισκω heuriskō Jesus had said: “Seek and ye shall find” (Matthew 7:7), but this will be too late. Now they were seeking (John 7:30) to kill Jesus, then they will seek deliverance, but too late. Where I am No conflict with John 7:33, but the essential eternal spiritual home of Christ “in absolute, eternal being and fellowship with the Father” (Vincent). Ye cannot come This fellowship was beyond the comprehension of these hostile Jews. See the same idea in John 7:36 by the Jews; John 8:21 to the Jews and then to the disciples with the addition of “now” (αρτι arti John 13:33, νυν nun in John 13:36). [source]