21-25. Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, &c.—(See on Joh 7:33).

     24. if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins—They knew well enough what He meant (Mr 13:6, Greek; compare Mt 24:5). But He would not, by speaking it out, give them the materials for a charge for which they were watching. At the same time, one is irresistibly reminded by such language, so far transcending what is becoming in men, of those ancient declarations of the God of Israel, "I AM HE" (De 32:39; Isa 43:10, 13; 46:4; 48:12). See on Joh 6:20.