John 7:34

7:34 You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come.”

John 8:43

8:43 Why don’t you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching.

John 10:21

10:21 Others said, “These are not the words of someone possessed by a demon. A demon cannot cause the blind to see, can it?”


tn Grk “seek me.”

tn Grk “you cannot hear,” but this is not a reference to deafness, but rather hearing in the sense of listening to something and responding to it.

tn Grk “my word.”

tn Or “the sayings.”

tn Grk “open the eyes of the blind” (“opening the eyes” is an idiom referring to restoration of sight).

tn Questions prefaced with μή (mh) in Greek anticipate a negative answer. This can sometimes be indicated by using a “tag” at the end in English (here the tag is “can it?”).