English Standard Version
John 8:14
14Jesus answered, "Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going.
John 8:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go.
- New International Version (NIV)Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going. But you have no idea where I come from or where I am going.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if I bear witness of Myself, My witness is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from and where I am going.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Jesus told them, “These claims are valid even though I make them about myself. For I know where I came from and where I am going, but you don’t know this about me.
Context of John 8:14
12Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." 13So the Pharisees said to him, "You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true." Jesus answered, "Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going, but you do not know where I come from or where I am going. 15You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one. 16Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.
Read all of John 8John 8:14 word by word
Ἀπεκρίθη Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· κἂν ἐγὼ μαρτυρῶ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ, ἀληθής ἐστιν ἡ μαρτυρία μου, ὅτι οἶδα πόθεν ἦλθον καὶ ποῦ ὑπάγω· ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐκ οἴδατε πόθεν ἔρχομαι ἢ ποῦ ὑπάγω.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
- answeredἀποκρίνωapokrinomai · to answerG611
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
- unto themαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- Thoughκἄνkan · and/even ifG2579
- Iἐγώegō · I/weG1473
- bear recordμαρτυρέωmartureō · to testifyG3140
- ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
- myselfἐμαυτοῦemautou emautō emauton · myselfG1683
- recordὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- recordμαρτυρίαmarturia · testimonyG3141
- isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- trueἀληθήςalēthēs · trueG227
- forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
- I knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
- whenceπόθενpothen · whenceG4159
- I cameἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
- whitherποῦpou · where?G4226
- I goὑπάγωhupagō · to goG5217
- butδέde · thenG1161
- yeσύsu · youG4771
- cannotοὐou · noG3756
Cross-references for John 8:14
- Numbers 12:3Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.
- Nehemiah 5:14Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the food allowance of the governor.
- 2 Corinthians 11:31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
- 2 Corinthians 12:11I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.
- John 8:42Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.
- John 7:29I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me."
- John 10:15just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.
- John 13:3Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God,
- John 14:10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.
- John 16:28I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father."
- John 17:8For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.
- John 7:27But we know where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, no one will know where he comes from."
- John 9:29We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from."
Commentaries on John 8:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14I know whence I came - I came from God, and am going to God, and can neither do nor say any thing but what leads to and glorifies him.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Jesus answered - To this objection Jesus replied by saying, first, that the case was such that his testimony alone ought to be received; and, secondly, that he had the evidence given him by his Father. Though, in common life, in courts, and in mere human transactions, it was true that a man ought not to give evidence in his own case, yet in this instance, such was the nature of the case that his word was worthy to be believed. My record - My evidence…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-16Verses 12-16 Christ is the Light of the world. God is light, and Christ is the image of the invisible God. One sun enlightens the whole world; so does one Christ, and there needs no more. What a dark dungeon would the world be without the sun! So would it be without Jesus, by whom light came into the world. Those who follow Christ shall not walk in darkness. They shall not be left without the truths which are necessary to keep them from destroying error…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-15Jesus responded to the Pharisees' accusations. He said he could make these claims about himself because he knew both his origin and his destination were heaven. He then said the most important witness for his case was his Father who sent him (8:16).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1913-19. bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true--How does He meet this specious cavil? Not by disputing the wholesome human maxim that "self-praise is no praise," but by affirming that He was an exception to the rule, or rather, that it had no application to Him.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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