John 8:55

John 8:55 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
• New International Version (NIV)Though you do not know him, I know him. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and obey his word.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But you have not known him. I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Yet you have not known Him, but I know Him. And if I say, ‘I do not know Him,’ I shall be a liar like you; but I do know Him and keep His word.

Context of John 8:55

53Are you greater than our father Abraham who died? And the prophets died. Who do you claim to be?” 54“If I glorify myself,” Jesus answered, “my glory is nothing. My Father — about whom you say, ‘He is our God’ — he is the one who glorifies me. You do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say I don’t know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I keep his word. 56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad.” 57The Jews replied, “You aren’t fifty years old yet, and you’ve seen Abraham?”

John 8:55 word by word

καὶ οὐκ ἐγνώκατε αὐτόν, ἐγὼ δὲ οἶδα αὐτόν. κἂν εἴπω ὅτι οὐκ οἶδα αὐτόν, ἔσομαι ὅμοιος ὑμῖν ψεύστης· ἀλλ᾽ οἶδα αὐτὸν καὶ τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ τηρῶ.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Yetκαίkai · andG2532
• ye haveγινώσκωginōskō · to knowG1097
• notοὐou · noG3756
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• butδέde · thenG1161
• Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
• ifἐάνean · ifG1437
• I should sayλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• ·ὅτιhoti · that/since: thatG3754
• I shall beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• a liarψεύστηςpseustēs · liarG5583
• likeὅμοιοςhomoios · likeG3664
• unto youσύsu · youG4771
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• keepτηρέωtēreō · to keep: observeG5083
• sayingὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• sayingλόγοςlogos · wordG3056

Cross-references for John 8:55

• John 8:19Then they asked him, “Where is your Father?” “You know neither me nor my Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew me, you would also know my Father.”
• John 7:28As he was teaching in the temple, Jesus cried out, “You know me and you know where I am from. Yet I have not come on my own, but the one who sent me is true. You don’t know him;
• John 15:21But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they don’t know the one who sent me.
• John 16:3They will do these things because they haven’t known the Father or me.
• John 17:25Righteous Father, the world has not known you. However, I have known you, and they have known that you sent me.
• Jeremiah 4:22“For my people are fools; they do not know me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing what is evil, but they do not know how to do what is good.”
• Jeremiah 9:3They bent their tongues like their bows; lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land, for they proceed from one evil to another, and they do not take me into account. This is the Lord’s declaration.
• Hosea 5:4Their actions do not allow them to return to their God, for a spirit of promiscuity is among them, and they do not know the Lord.
• Acts 17:23For as I was passing through and observing the objects of your worship, I even found an altar on which was inscribed, ‘To an Unknown God.’ Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you.
• 2 Corinthians 4:6For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God’s glory in the face of Jesus Christ.
• John 1:18No one has ever seen God. The one and only Son, who is himself God and is at the Father’s side — he has revealed him.
• John 6:46not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God. He has seen the Father.
• John 7:29I know him because I am from him, and he sent me.”
• John 10:15just as the Father knows me, and I know the Father. I lay down my life for the sheep.
• Matthew 11:27All things have been entrusted to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son desires to reveal him.
• Luke 10:22All things have been entrusted to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son desires to reveal him.”

Commentaries on John 8:55

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 54-59Verses 54-59 Christ and all that are his, depend upon God for honour. Men may be able to dispute about God, yet may not know him. Such as know not God, and obey not the gospel of Christ, are put together, 2Th 1:8. All who rightly know anything of Christ, earnestly desire to know more of him. Those who discern the dawn of the light of the Sun of Righteousness, wish to see his rising. "Before Abraham was, I AM." This speaks Abraham a creature, and our Lord…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. 54-5654-56. If I honour myself, my honour is nothing, &c.--(See on Joh 5:31, &c.).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