31 and many out of the multitude did believe in him, and said—'The Christ—when he may come—will he do more signs than these that this one did?'
32 The Pharisees heard the multitude murmuring these things concerning him, and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers that they may take him; 33 Jesus, therefore, said to them, 'Yet a little time I am with you, and I go away unto Him who sent me; 34 ye will seek me, and ye shall not find; and where I am, ye are not able to come.' 35 The Jews, therefore, said among themselves, 'Whither is this one about to go that we shall not find him?—to the dispersion of the Greeks is he about to go? and to teach the Greeks; 36 what is this word that he said, Ye will seek me, and ye shall not find? and, Where I am, ye are not able to come?'
Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 7:31-36
Commentary on John 7:31-36
(Read John 7:31-36)
The discourses of Jesus convinced many that he was the Messiah; but they had not courage to own it. It is comfort to those who are in the world, but not of it, and therefore are hated by it and weary of it, that they shall not be in it always, that they shall not be in it long. Our days being evil, it is well they are few. The days of life and of grace do not last long; and sinners, when in misery, will be glad of the help they now despise. Men dispute about such sayings, but the event will explain them.