Εἶπεν οὖν πάλιν. On another occasion, but whether the same day (Origen) or not we do not know, although, as Lücke points out, the αὐτοῖς favours Origen's view, Jesus said: Ἐγὼ ὑπάγω … ἐλθεῖν. This repeats John 7:34, with the addition “and ye shall die in your sin”; i.e., undelivered by the Messiah, in the bondage of sin and reaping its fruit. He adds the reason why they should not find Him (cf. John 7:34): ὅπου … ἐλθεῖν. He goes to His Father and thither they cannot come, if they do not believe in Him.

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