John 8:22 meaning and explanation

So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”

John 8:22, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus has just told the temple crowd that he is going away and that they will die in their sin, unable to follow where he goes. John notes that his hearers are "the Jews," meaning the Jerusalem religious leaders and those aligned with them, not the whole people.

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