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

24For this reason I told you that you’ll die because of your sins. If you don’t believe that I am the one, you’ll die because of your sins.” 25The Jews asked him, “Who did you say you are?” Jesus told them, “I am who I said I was from the beginning. I have a lot I could say about you and a lot I could condemn you for. But the one who sent me is true. So I tell the world exactly what he has told me.” 27(The Jews didn’t know that he was talking to them about the Father.) 28So Jesus told them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you’ll know that I am the one and that I can’t do anything on my own. Instead, I speak as the Father taught me.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• I haveἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• many thingsπολύςpolus polos · muchG4183
• to sayλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• to judgeκρίνωkrinō · to judgeG2919
• ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
• youσύsu · youG4771
• butἀλλάalla · butG235
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• he that sentπέμπωpempō · to sendG3992
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• trueἀληθήςalēthēs · trueG227
• and Iκἀγώkagō kamoi kame · and IG2504
• speakλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• toεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the worldκόσμοςkosmos · worldG2889
• those thingsοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• whichὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
• I have heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• ofπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for John 8:26

• John 16:12“I have a lot more to tell you, but that would be too much for you now.
• Hebrews 5:11We have a lot to explain about this. But since you have become too lazy to pay attention, explaining it to you is hard.
• John 8:16Even if I do judge, my judgment is valid because I don’t make it on my own. I make my judgment with the Father who sent me.
• John 5:42But I know what kind of people you are. You don’t have any love for God.
• John 9:39Then Jesus said, “I have come into this world to judge: Blind people will be given sight, and those who can see will become blind.”
• John 12:47If anyone hears my words and doesn’t follow them, I don’t condemn them. I didn’t come to condemn the world but to save the world.
• John 8:17Your own teachings say that the testimony of two people is true.
• John 7:28Then, while Jesus was teaching in the temple courtyard, he said loudly, “You know me, and you know where I come from. I didn’t decide to come on my own. The one who sent me is true. He’s the one you don’t know.
• 2 Corinthians 1:18You can depend on God. Our message to you isn’t false; it’s true.
• John 8:40I am a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. But now you want to kill me. Abraham wouldn’t have done that.
• John 3:32and tells what he has seen and heard. Yet, no one accepts what he says.
• John 7:16Jesus responded to them, “What I teach doesn’t come from me but from the one who sent me.
• John 15:15I don’t call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn’t know what his master is doing. But I’ve called you friends because I’ve made known to you everything that I’ve heard from my Father.
• John 17:8because I gave them the message that you gave me. They have accepted this message, and they know for sure that I came from you. They have believed that you sent 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