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Again (palin). Probably palin (again) in Joh 8:12 refers to a day after the feast is over since the last day is mentioned in Joh 7:37. So then here again we probably move on to another day still beyond that in Joh 8:12.
And ye shall seek me (kai zētēsete me). As in Joh 7:34, “the search of despair” (Bernard), seeking for the Messiah when it is too late, the tragedy of Judaism today (Joh 1:11).
And ye shall die in your sin (kai en tēi hamartiāi humōn apothaneisthe). Future middle indicative of apothnēskō which is the emphatic word here (cf. Eze 3:18; Eze 18:18; Pro 24:9). Note singular hamartiāi (sin) here, but plural hamartiais (sins) when the phrase is repeated in Joh 8:24 (sin in its essence, sin in its acts).
Ye cannot come (humeis ou dunasthe elthein). Precise language of Joh 7:34 to the Jews and to the apostles in Joh 13:33.