John 7:33-35

Expanded Bible

³³ [^LTherefore] Jesus said, “I will be with you a little while longer. Then I will go back to the One who sent me. ³⁴ You will ·look for [seek] me, but you will not find me. And you cannot come where I am [^Cin heaven].”

³⁵ [^LTherefore] ·Some people [The Jewish leaders; ^LThe Jews] said to each other, “Where will this man go so we cannot find him? Will he go to the ·Greek cities where our people live [^Ldispersion/scattering among the Greeks; ^Cever since the Babylonian exile many Jewish people had lived outside the land of Israel] and teach the Greek people there? [^CThe Jews often used “Greeks” for Gentiles generally.]