New American Standard Bible 2020

John 8:12-30

12Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “1I am the Light of the world; 2the one who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.” 13So the Pharisees said to Him, “3You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not 4true.” 14Jesus answered and said to them, “5Even if I am testifying about Myself, My testimony is 6true, because I know 7where I came from and where I am going; but 8you do not know where I come from or where I am going. 15 9You judge 10according to the flesh; 11I am not judging anyone. 16But even 12if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me. 17Even in 13your Law it has been written that the testimony of 14two people is 15true. 18I am He who testifies about Myself, and 16the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.” 19So they were saying to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father; 17if you knew Me, you would know My Father also.” 20These words He spoke 18in 19the treasury, as 20He taught in the temple area; and no one arrested Him, because 21His hour had not yet come.

21Then He said again to them, “I am going away, and 22you will look for Me, and 23will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.” 22So 24the Jews were saying, “Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘25Where I am going, you cannot come’?” 23And He was saying to them, “26You are from below, I am from above; 27you are of this world, 28I am not of this world. 24Therefore I said to you that you 29will die in your sins; for unless you believe that 30 31I am, 32you will die in your sins.” 25Then they were saying to Him, “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, “33What have I even been saying to you from the beginning? 26I have many things to say and to judge regarding you, but 34He who sent Me is true; and 35the things which I heard from Him, these I say to the world.” 27They did not realize that He was speaking to them about the Father. 28So Jesus said, “When you 36lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that 37 38I am, and 39I do nothing 40on My own, but I say these things as the Father instructed Me. 29And He who sent Me is with Me; 41He 42has not left Me alone, for 43I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.” 30As He said these things, 44many came to believe in Him.

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Notes

1. John 8:12 John 1:4; 9:5; 12:35 ↩
2. John 8:12 Matt 5:14 ↩
3. John 8:13 John 5:31 ↩
4. John 8:13 Or valid ↩
5. John 8:14 John 18:37; Rev 1:5; 3:14 ↩
6. John 8:14 Or valid ↩
7. John 8:14 John 8:42; 13:3; 16:28 ↩
8. John 8:14 John 7:28; 9:29 ↩
9. John 8:15 1 Sam 16:7; John 7:24 ↩
10. John 8:15 I.e., by a carnal standard ↩
11. John 8:15 John 3:17 ↩
12. John 8:16 John 5:30 ↩
13. John 8:17 Deut 17:6; 19:15 ↩
14. John 8:17 Matt 18:16 ↩
15. John 8:17 I.e., valid or admissible ↩
16. John 8:18 John 5:37; 1 John 5:9 ↩
17. John 8:19 John 7:28; 8:55; 14:7, 9; 16:3 ↩
18. John 8:20 Or at ↩
19. John 8:20 Mark 12:41, 43; Luke 21:1 ↩
20. John 8:20 John 7:14; 8:2 ↩
21. John 8:20 John 7:30 ↩
22. John 8:21 John 7:34 ↩
23. John 8:21 John 8:24 ↩
24. John 8:22 John 1:19; 8:48, 52, 57 ↩
25. John 8:22 John 7:35 ↩
26. John 8:23 John 3:31 ↩
27. John 8:23 1 John 4:5 ↩
28. John 8:23 John 17:14, 16 ↩
29. John 8:24 John 8:21 ↩
30. John 8:24 Or I AM, you will die...; Jesus may be referring to Ex 3:14, I AM WHO I AM ↩
31. John 8:24 Matt 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; 8:28, 58; 13:19 ↩
32. John 8:24 John 8:21 ↩
33. John 8:25 Or That which I have even been saying to you from the beginning ↩
34. John 8:26 John 3:33; 7:28 ↩
35. John 8:26 John 8:40; 12:49; 15:15 ↩
36. John 8:28 John 3:14; 12:32 ↩
37. John 8:28 Or I AM, and...; (see note v 24) ↩
38. John 8:28 Matt 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; 8:24, 58; 13:19 ↩
39. John 8:28 John 3:11; 5:19 ↩
40. John 8:28 Or of Myself ↩
41. John 8:29 John 8:16; 16:32 ↩
42. John 8:29 Or did not leave ↩
43. John 8:29 John 4:34 ↩
44. John 8:30 John 7:31 ↩

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