John 7:35
At this, the Jews said to one another, “Where does He intend to go that we will not find Him? Will He go where the Jews are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
Note Literally Will He go to the Diaspora among the Greeks; the Jewish people living outside the land of Israel since the Babylonian exile were referred to as the Diaspora.
Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
The Jews therefore said among themselves, “Where will this man go that we won’t find him? Will he go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
The Jews therefore said among themselves, Whither will this man go that we shall not find him? will he go unto the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the dispersed
- Isaiah 11:12; Isaiah 27:12, 13; Zephaniah 3:10; Acts 21:21; James 1:1; 1 Peter 1:1
- Gentiles
- or, Greeks. teach.
- Psalm 67:1, 2; Psalm 98:2, 3; Isaiah 11:10; Isaiah 49:6; Matthew 12:21; Luke 2:32; Acts 11:18; Acts 13:46–48; Acts 22:21; Ephesians 3:8; Colossians 1:27; 1 Timothy 2:7; 2 Timothy 1:11