Yohan (John) 8:21–30 — You can’t go where I’m going

This is still an early look into the drafted text of the Open English Translation of the Bible. Please double-check the text in advance before using in public.

Readers’ Version

Literal Version

8:21 You can’t go where I’m going

21 So he continued, “I will be going away and all of you will be looking for me, but you’ll all just die in your sins and won’t be able to go where I’ll be going.”

22 This puzzled the Jewish teachers, “Surely he’s not going to commit suicide! What else could he mean about ‘you can’t go where I’m going to be going’?”

23 Yeshua (Jesus; Grk. Yesus) explained, “All of you are from the world below, but I’m from the world above. You all are part of this world, but I’m not part of it. 24 That’s why I said that you’ll be dying in your sins, because if you refuse to believe that I am God, you will indeed all be dying in your sins.”

25 “So who are you?” they asked.

And he answered, “Still just the same as I’ve been telling you from the beginning. 26 I have a lot that I need to tell you all and to judge many of your actions, because the one who sent me is true, and it’s what I hear from him that I speak to all people.”

27 (They didn’t realise that he was talking to them about the father in heaven.) 28 So Yeshua told them, “When you all lift up[fn] the son of humanity on a pole, then you will know that I am God, and that I don’t do anything by myself, but I say all this just as the father told me to. 29 And the one who sent me is with me—he didn’t just leave me alone—because I am continually doing what pleases him.”

30 After he’d said all this, many people believed in him.

8:28 lifted up / exalted: There’s a play on words here. See https://bibleDifferences.net/2019/04/25/156-exulted (dead link???)

21 Therefore he _said again to _them:
I am _going _away and you _all _will _be _seeking me, and you _all _will _be _dying _off in the sin of _you _all, you _all are_ not _being _able to _come where I am _going.

22 Therefore were _saying the Youdaiōns:
Surely _not he _will _be _killing _off himself, that he _is _saying:
Where I am _going you _all, not are _being _able to _come?

23 And he _was _saying to _them:
You _all are from the things below, I am from the things above, you _all are of this the world, I am not of the this world.

24 Therefore I _said to _you _all that you _all _will _be _dying _off in the sins of _you _all, because/for if you _all _may_ not _believe that I am he, you _all _will _be _dying _off in the sins of _you _all.

25 Therefore they _were _saying to _him:
Who are you?
The Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) said to _them:
From _the beginning what something I _am _speaking also to _you _all?

26 I _am _having to _be _speaking And to _be _judging many things concerning you _all, but the one having _sent me is true, and_ what _I heard from him, I _am _speaking these things to the world.

27 They_ not _knew that he _was _speaking to _them about _the father.

28 Therefore the Yaʸsous said to _them:
Whenever you _all _may _elevate the son of_ the _Man, then you _all _will _be _knowing that I am he, and I _am _doing nothing from myself, but as the father taught me, I _am _speaking these things.

29 And the one having _sent me, is with me,, he_ not _left me alone, because I am_ always _doing the things pleasing to _him.

30 Speaking of _him these things, many believed on him.

OET by section YOHAN (JHN) 8:21

You can’t go where I’m going

Readers’ Version

Literal Version Hide marks

Literal Version