John Gill's Exposition on John 8:22

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then said the Jews, will he kill himself? etc.] Which was not only a wicked, but a foolish consequence, drawn from his words: for it by no means followed, because he was going away, and whither they could not come, that therefore he must destroy himself; this seems to be what they would have been glad he would have done, and suggested the thought that he might do it, in which they imitated Satan, (<400406>Matthew 4:6), under whose influence they now apparently were, and hoped that he would, which would at once extricate them out of their difficulties on his account: because he sayeth, whither I go ye cannot come: this is no reason at all; for had Christ’s meaning been, as they blasphemously intimate, they might have destroyed themselves too, and have gone after him.

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