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John 8:21-59

21ThenG3767 He saidG3004 againG3825 to them, “I goG5217 awayG5217, and 1you will seekG2212 Me, and 2will dieG599 in your sinG266; whereG3699 I am goingG5217, you cannotG1410G3756 comeG2064.” 22SoG3767 3the JewsG2453 were sayingG3004, “SurelyG3385 He will not killG615 HimselfG1438, will He, sinceG3754 He saysG3004, ‘4WhereG3699 I am goingG5217, you cannotG1410G3756 comeG2064’?” 23And He was sayingG3004 to them, “5You are from belowG2736, I amG1510 from aboveG507; 6you are of thisG3778 worldG2889, 7I amG1510 not of thisG3778 worldG2889. 24ThereforeG3767 I saidG3004 to you that you 8will dieG599 in your sinsG266; for unlessG1437G3361 you believeG4100 that 910I amG1510 He, 11you will dieG599 in your sinsG266.” 25SoG3767 they were sayingG3004 to Him, “WhoG5101 are You?” JesusG2424 saidG3004 to them, “12WhatG3739G5101 have I been sayingG2980 to you from the beginningG746? 26I haveG2192 manyG4183 thingsG4183 to speakG2980 and to judgeG2919 concerningG4012 you, but 13He who sentG3992 Me is trueG227; and 14the things whichG3739 I heardG191 from Him, theseG3778 I speakG2980 to the worldG2889.” 27They did not realizeG1097 that He had been speakingG3004 to them about the FatherG3962. 28SoG3767 JesusG2424 saidG3004, “WhenG3752 you 15liftG5312 up the SonG5207 of ManG444, thenG5119 you will knowG1097 that 1617I amG1510 He, and 18I doG4160 nothingG3762 on My ownG1683 initiativeG1683, but I speakG2980 theseG3778 thingsG3778 as the FatherG3962 taughtG1321 Me. 29And He who sentG3992 Me is with Me; 19He 20has not leftG863 Me aloneG3441, for 21I alwaysG3842 doG4160 the thingsG701 that are pleasingG701 to Him.” 30As He spokeG2980 theseG3778 thingsG3778, 22manyG4183 came to believeG4100 in Him.

31SoG3767 JesusG2424 was sayingG3004 to thoseG3588 JewsG2453 who had believedG4100 Him, “23IfG1437 you continueG3306 in My wordG3056, then you are trulyG230 24disciplesG3101 of MineG1473; 32and 25you will knowG1097 the truthG225, and 26the truthG225 will makeG1659 you freeG1659.” 33They answeredG611 Him, “27We are Abraham’sG11 descendantsG4690 and have neverG3762G4455 yetG4455 been enslavedG1398 to anyoneG3762; howG4459 is it that You sayG3004, ‘You will becomeG1096 freeG1658’?”

34JesusG2424 answeredG611 them, “TrulyG281, trulyG281, I sayG3004 to you, 28everyoneG3956 who commitsG4160 sinG266 is the slaveG1401 of sinG266. 3529The slaveG1401 does not remainG3306 in the houseG3614 foreverG165; 30the sonG5207 does remainG3306 foreverG165. 36SoG3767 ifG1437 the SonG5207 31makesG1659 you freeG1659, you will be freeG1658 indeedG3689. 37I knowG3609 that you are 32Abraham’sG11 descendantsG4690; yetG235 33you seekG2212 to killG615 Me, becauseG3754 My wordG3056 34hasG5562 noG3756 placeG5562 in you. 38I speakG2980 the things whichG3739 I have seenG3708 35with My FatherG3962; thereforeG3767 you alsoG2532 doG4160 the things whichG3739 you heardG191 from 36your fatherG3962.”

39They answeredG611 and saidG3004 to Him, “AbrahamG11 is 37our fatherG3962.” JesusG2424 saidG3004 to them, “38IfG1487 you are Abraham’sG11 childrenG5043, doG4160 the deedsG2041 of AbrahamG11. 40But as it is, 39you are seekingG2212 to killG615 Me, a manG444 whoG3739 has 40toldG2980 you the truthG225, whichG3739 I heardG191 from GodG2316; thisG3778 AbrahamG11 did not doG4160. 41You are doingG4160 the deedsG2041 of 41your fatherG3962.” They saidG3004 to Him, “We were not bornG1080 of fornicationG4202; 42we haveG2192 oneG1520 FatherG3962: GodG2316.” 42JesusG2424 saidG3004 to them, “IfG1487 GodG2316 were your FatherG3962, 43you would loveG25 Me, 44for I proceededG1831 forthG1831 and haveG2240 comeG2240 from GodG2316, for I have 45not evenG3761 comeG2064 on My ownG1683 initiativeG1683, but 4647He sentG649 Me. 43WhyG1223G5101 do you not understandG1097 4849whatG2981 I am sayingG2981? It is becauseG3754 you cannotG1410G3756 50hearG191 My wordG3056. 4451You are of 52your fatherG3962 the devilG1228, and 53you wantG2309 to doG4160 the desiresG1939 of your fatherG3962. 54He was a murdererG443 from the beginningG746, and does not standG4739 in the truthG225 becauseG3754 55there is noG3756 truthG225 in him. WheneverG3752 he speaksG2980 56a lieG5579, he 57speaksG2980 from his ownG2398 nature, for he is a liarG5583 and the fatherG3962 of 58liesG846. 45But becauseG3754 59I speakG3004 the truthG225, you do not believeG4100 Me. 46WhichG5101 oneG5101 of you convictsG1651 Me of sinG266? IfG1487 60I speakG3004 truthG225, whyG1223G5101 do you not believeG4100 Me? 4761He who is of GodG2316 hearsG191 the wordsG4487 of GodG2316; for thisG3778 reasonG1223 you do not hearG191 them, becauseG3754 you are not of GodG2316.”

4862The JewsG2453 answeredG611 and saidG3004 to Him, “Do we not sayG3004 rightlyG2573 that You are a 63SamaritanG4541 and 64haveG2192 a demonG1140?” 49JesusG2424 answeredG611, “I do not 65haveG2192 a demonG1140; but I honorG5091 My FatherG3962, and you dishonorG818 Me. 50But 66I do not seekG2212 My gloryG1391; there is One who seeksG2212 and judgesG2919. 51TrulyG281, trulyG281, I sayG3004 to you, ifG1437 anyoneG5100 67keepsG5083 My wordG3056 he will neverG3756G3361 68seeG2334 deathG2288.” 5269The JewsG2453 saidG3004 to Him, “NowG3568 we knowG1097 that You 70haveG2192 a demonG1140. AbrahamG11 diedG599, and the prophetsG4396 also; and You sayG3004, ‘IfG1437 anyoneG5100 71keepsG5083 My wordG3056, he will neverG3756G3361 72tasteG1089 of deathG2288.’ 53SurelyG3361 You 73are not greaterG3173 than our fatherG3962 AbrahamG11, whoG3748 diedG599? The prophetsG4396 diedG599 tooG2532; whomG5101 do You makeG4160 YourselfG4572 out to be?” 54JesusG2424 answeredG611, “74IfG1437 I glorifyG1392 MyselfG1683, My gloryG1391 is nothingG3762; 75it is My FatherG3962 who glorifiesG1392 Me, of whomG3739 you sayG3004, ‘He is our GodG2316’; 55and 76you have not come to knowG1097 Him, 77but I knowG3609 Him; and ifG2579 I sayG3004 that I do not knowG3609 Him, I will be 78a liarG5583 likeG3664 you, 79but I do knowG3609 Him and 80keepG5083 His wordG3056. 5681Your fatherG3962 AbrahamG11 82rejoicedG21 83to seeG3708 My dayG2250, and he sawG3708 it and was gladG5463.” 5784SoG3767 the JewsG2453 saidG3004 to Him, “You are not yetG3768 fiftyG4004 yearsG2094 old, and have You seenG3708 AbrahamG11?” 58JesusG2424 saidG3004 to them, “TrulyG281, trulyG281, I sayG3004 to you, beforeG4250 AbrahamG11 85was bornG1096, 86I amG1510.” 59ThereforeG3767 they 87pickedG142 up stonesG3037 to throwG906 at Him, but JesusG2424 8889hidG2928 Himself and wentG1831 out of the templeG2413.

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Notes

  1. 1. John 8:21 John 7:34 ↩
  2. 2. John 8:21 John 8:24 ↩
  3. 3. John 8:22 John 1:19; 8:48, 52, 57 ↩
  4. 4. John 8:22 John 7:35 ↩
  5. 5. John 8:23 John 3:31 ↩
  6. 6. John 8:23 1 John 4:5 ↩
  7. 7. John 8:23 John 17:14, 16 ↩
  8. 8. John 8:24 John 8:21 ↩
  9. 9. John 8:24 Most authorities associate this with Ex 3:14, I AM WHO I AM ↩
  10. 10. John 8:24 Matt 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; 8:28, 58; 13:19 ↩
  11. 11. John 8:24 John 8:21 ↩
  12. 12. John 8:25 Or That which I have been saying to you from the beginning ↩
  13. 13. John 8:26 John 3:33; 7:28 ↩
  14. 14. John 8:26 John 8:40; 12:49; 15:15 ↩
  15. 15. John 8:28 John 3:14; 12:32 ↩
  16. 16. John 8:28 Lit I AM (v 24 note) ↩
  17. 17. John 8:28 Matt 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; 8:24, 58; 13:19 ↩
  18. 18. John 8:28 John 3:11; 5:19 ↩
  19. 19. John 8:29 John 8:16; 16:32 ↩
  20. 20. John 8:29 Or did not leave ↩
  21. 21. John 8:29 John 4:34 ↩
  22. 22. John 8:30 John 7:31 ↩
  23. 23. John 8:31 John 15:7; 2 John 9 ↩
  24. 24. John 8:31 John 2:2 ↩
  25. 25. John 8:32 John 1:14, 17 ↩
  26. 26. John 8:32 John 8:36; Rom 8:2; 2 Cor 3:17; Gal 5:1, 13; James 2:12; 1 Pet 2:16 ↩
  27. 27. John 8:33 Matt 3:9; Luke 3:8; John 8:37, 39 ↩
  28. 28. John 8:34 Rom 6:16; 2 Pet 2:19 ↩
  29. 29. John 8:35 Gen 21:10; Gal 4:30 ↩
  30. 30. John 8:35 Luke 15:31 ↩
  31. 31. John 8:36 John 8:32 ↩
  32. 32. John 8:37 Matt 3:9; John 8:39 ↩
  33. 33. John 8:37 John 7:1; 8:40 ↩
  34. 34. John 8:37 Or makes no progress ↩
  35. 35. John 8:38 Or in the presence of ↩
  36. 36. John 8:38 John 8:41, 44 ↩
  37. 37. John 8:39 Matt 3:9; John 8:37 ↩
  38. 38. John 8:39 Rom 9:7; Gal 3:7 ↩
  39. 39. John 8:40 John 7:1; 8:37 ↩
  40. 40. John 8:40 John 8:26 ↩
  41. 41. John 8:41 John 8:38, 44 ↩
  42. 42. John 8:41 Deut 32:6; Is 63:16; 64:8 ↩
  43. 43. John 8:42 1 John 5:1 ↩
  44. 44. John 8:42 John 13:3; 16:28, 30; 17:8 ↩
  45. 45. John 8:42 John 7:28 ↩
  46. 46. John 8:42 Lit that One ↩
  47. 47. John 8:42 John 3:17 ↩
  48. 48. John 8:43 Or My way of speaking ↩
  49. 49. John 8:43 John 8:33, 39, 41 ↩
  50. 50. John 8:43 John 5:25 ↩
  51. 51. John 8:44 1 John 3:8 ↩
  52. 52. John 8:44 John 8:38, 41 ↩
  53. 53. John 8:44 John 7:17 ↩
  54. 54. John 8:44 Gen 3:4; 1 John 3:8, 15 ↩
  55. 55. John 8:44 1 John 2:4 ↩
  56. 56. John 8:44 Lit the lie ↩
  57. 57. John 8:44 Matt 12:34 ↩
  58. 58. John 8:44 Lit it ↩
  59. 59. John 8:45 John 18:37 ↩
  60. 60. John 8:46 John 18:37 ↩
  61. 61. John 8:47 1 John 4:6 ↩
  62. 62. John 8:48 John 1:19 ↩
  63. 63. John 8:48 Matt 10:5; John 4:9 ↩
  64. 64. John 8:48 John 7:20 ↩
  65. 65. John 8:49 John 7:20 ↩
  66. 66. John 8:50 John 5:41; 8:54 ↩
  67. 67. John 8:51 John 8:55; 14:23; 15:20; 17:6 ↩
  68. 68. John 8:51 Matt 16:28; Luke 2:26; John 8:52; Heb 2:9; 11:5 ↩
  69. 69. John 8:52 John 1:19 ↩
  70. 70. John 8:52 John 7:20 ↩
  71. 71. John 8:52 John 8:55; 14:23; 15:20; 17:6 ↩
  72. 72. John 8:52 John 8:51 ↩
  73. 73. John 8:53 John 4:12 ↩
  74. 74. John 8:54 John 8:50 ↩
  75. 75. John 8:54 John 7:39 ↩
  76. 76. John 8:55 John 8:19; 15:21 ↩
  77. 77. John 8:55 John 7:29 ↩
  78. 78. John 8:55 John 8:44 ↩
  79. 79. John 8:55 John 7:29 ↩
  80. 80. John 8:55 John 8:51; 15:10 ↩
  81. 81. John 8:56 John 8:37, 39 ↩
  82. 82. John 8:56 Matt 13:17; Heb 11:13 ↩
  83. 83. John 8:56 Lit in order that he might see ↩
  84. 84. John 8:57 John 1:19 ↩
  85. 85. John 8:58 Lit came into being ↩
  86. 86. John 8:58 Ex 3:14; John 1:1; 17:5, 24 ↩
  87. 87. John 8:59 Matt 12:14; John 10:31; 11:8 ↩
  88. 88. John 8:59 Lit was hidden ↩
  89. 89. John 8:59 John 12:36 ↩

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