John 8:26

John 8:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.
• New International Version (NIV)“I have much to say in judgment of you. But he who sent me is trustworthy, and what I have heard from him I tell the world.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him."
• New King James Version (NKJV)I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I heard from Him.”

Context of John 8:26

24I said therefore to you, that ye shall die in your sins; for unless ye shall believe that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins. 25They said therefore to him, Who art thou? [And] Jesus said to them, Altogether that which I also say to you. I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but he that has sent me is true, and I, what I have heard from him, these things I say to the world. 27They knew not that he spoke to them of the Father. 28Jesus therefore said to them, When ye shall have lifted up the Son of man, then ye shall know that I am [he], and [that] I do nothing of myself, but as the Father has taught me I speak these things.

John 8:26 word by word

πολλὰ ἔχω περὶ ὑμῶν λαλεῖν καὶ κρίνειν· ἀλλ᾽ ὁ πέμψας με ἀληθής ἐστιν, κἀγὼ ἃ ἤκουσα παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ, ταῦτα λαλῶ εἰς τὸν κόσμον.Read the interlinear

• manyπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• thingsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• sayλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• judgeκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• concerningπερίperi · aboutG4012
• sentπέμπωpempō · to sendG3992
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• trueἀληθήςalēthēs · trueG227
• heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889

Cross-references for John 8:26

• John 16:12I have yet many things to say to you, but ye cannot bear them now.
• Hebrews 5:11Concerning whom we have much to say, and hard to be interpreted in speaking [of it], since ye are become dull in hearing.
• John 8:16And if also I judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who has sent me.
• John 5:42but I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
• John 9:39And Jesus said, For judgment am I come into this world, that they which see not may see, and they which see may become blind.
• John 12:47and if any one hear my words and do not keep [them], I judge him not, for I am not come that I might judge the world, but that I might save the world.
• John 8:17And in your law too it is written that the testimony of two men is true:
• John 7:28Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, Ye both know me and ye know whence I am; and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye do not know.
• 2 Corinthians 1:18Now God [is] faithful, that our word to you is not yea and nay.
• John 8:40but now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.
• John 3:32[and] what he has seen and has heard, this he testifies; and no one receives his testimony.
• John 7:16Jesus therefore answered them and said, My doctrine is not mine, but [that] of him that has sent me.
• John 15:15I call you no longer bondmen, for the bondman does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things which I have heard of my Father I have made known to you.
• John 17:8for the words which thou hast given me I have given them, and they have received [them], and have known truly that I came out from thee, and have believed that thou sentest me.

Commentaries on John 8:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26I have many things to say and to judge of you - Or, to speak and to condemn, etc. I could speedily expose all your iniquities - your pride and ambition, your hypocrisy and irreligion, your hatred to the light, and your malice against the truth, together with the present obstinate unbelief of your hearts, and show that these are the reasons why I say you will die in your sins; but these will appear in their true light: when, after you have crucified me…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26I have many things to say - There are many things which I might say to reprove and expose your pride and hypocrisy. By this he implied that he understood well their character, and that he was able to expose it. This, indeed, he had shown them in his conversations with them. And to judge of you - To reprove in you. There are many things in you which I might condemn. But he that sent we is true - Is worthy to be believed, and his declarations about men are…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. 26-2726-27. I have many things to say and to judge of you; but he that sent me is true, &c.--that is, I could, and at the fitting time, will say and judge many things of you (referring perhaps to the work of the Spirit which is for judgment as well as salvation, Joh 16:8), but what I do say is just the message My Father hath given Me to deliver.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