Christian Standard Bible
John 8:29
29The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what pleases him.”
John 8:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
- New International Version (NIV)The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.”
Context of John 8:29
27They did not know he was speaking to them about the Father. 28So Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and that I do nothing on my own. But just as the Father taught me, I say these things. The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what pleases him.” 30As he was saying these things, many believed in him. 31Then Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you continue in my word, you really are my disciples.
Read all of John 8John 8:29 word by word
καὶ ὁ πέμψας με μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἐστιν· οὐκ ἀφῆκέν με μόνον ὅτι ἐγὼ τὰ ἀρεστὰ αὐτῷ ποιῶ πάντοτε.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- he that sentπέμπωpempō · to sendG3992
- meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
- the Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
- hathἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: leaveG863
- notοὐou · noG3756
- aloneμόνοςmonos · aloneG3441
- forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
- doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
- alwaysπάντοτεpantote · alwaysG3842
- those things that pleaseἀρεστόςarestos · pleasingG701
- himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
Cross-references for John 8:29
- John 8:16And if I do judge, my judgment is true, because it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.
- John 14:10Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I speak to you I do not speak on my own. The Father who lives in me does his works.
- John 16:32Indeed, an hour is coming, and has come, when each of you will be scattered to his own home, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
- Isaiah 42:1“This is my servant; I strengthen him, this is my chosen one; I delight in him. I have put my Spirit on him; he will bring justice to the nations.
- Isaiah 49:4But I myself said: I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and futility; yet my vindication is with the Lord, and my reward is with my God.
- Isaiah 50:4The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are instructed to know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens me each morning; he awakens my ear to listen like those being instructed.
- 2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that I might fully preach the word and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.
- John 4:34“My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work,” Jesus told them.
- John 5:30“I can do nothing on my own. I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
- John 6:38For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
- John 14:31On the contrary, so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do as the Father commanded me. “Get up; let’s leave this place.
- John 15:10If you keep my commands you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
- John 17:4I have glorified you on the earth by completing the work you gave me to do.
- Matthew 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased.”
- Matthew 17:5While he was still speaking, suddenly a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased. Listen to him!”
- Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way as we are, yet without sin.
Commentaries on John 8:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29The Father hath not left me alone - Though ye shalt have power to put me to death, yet this shall not be because he hath abandoned me. No - he is ever with me, because I do that which pleaseth him; and it is his pleasure that I should lay down my life for the salvation of the world. Does not our Lord allude to the following scriptures? - Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; my ears hast thou opened: (or, a body hast thou prepared me: Hebrews…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Is with me - In working miracles, etc. Hath not left me alone - Though men had forsaken and rejected him, yet God attended him. Those things that please him - See Matthew 3:17; “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased,” Philemon 2:8; Isaiah 53:10-12; 2 Peter 1:17; Luke 3:22; Matthew 17:5. His undertaking the work of redemption was pleasing to God, and he had the consciousness that in executing it he did those things which God approved. It is a…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-29Verses 21-29 Those that live in unbelief, are for ever undone, if they die in unbelief. The Jews belonged to this present evil world, but Jesus was of a heavenly and Divine nature, so that his doctrine, kingdom, and blessings, would not suit their taste. But the curse of the law is done away to all that submit to the grace of the gospel. Nothing but the doctrine of Christ's grace will be an argument powerful enough, and none but the Spirit of Christ's…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-59The debate about whether Jesus is the Messiah continues from 7:52. Jesus remained at the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem. During the feast, the conflicts Jesus encountered in chapter 7 continued and intensified.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 28-3028-30. When ye have lifted up the Son of man--The plainest intimation He had yet given in public of the manner and the authors of His death. then shall ye know that I am he, &c.--that is, find out, or have sufficient evidence, how true was all He said, though they would be far from owning it.Read the comment
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Commentaries on John 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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