New American Standard Bible 2020
John 8:30-59
30As He saidG2980 theseG3778 thingsG3778, 1manyG4183 came to believeG4100 in Him.
31SoG3767 JesusG2424 was sayingG3004 to thoseG3588 JewsG2453 who had believedG4100 Him, “2IfG1437 you continueG3306 in My wordG3056, then you are trulyG230 My 3disciplesG3101; 32and 4you will knowG1097 the truthG225, and 5the truthG225 will setG1659 you freeG1659.” 33They answeredG611 Him, “6We are Abraham’sG11 descendantsG4690 and have neverG3762G4455 been enslavedG1398 to anyoneG3762; howG4459 is it that You sayG3004, ‘You will becomeG1096 freeG1658’?”
34JesusG2424 answeredG611 them, “TrulyG281, trulyG281 I sayG3004 to you, 7everyoneG3956 who commitsG4160 sinG266 is a slaveG1401 of sinG266. 35NowG1161 8the slaveG1401 does not remainG3306 in the houseG3614 foreverG165; 9the sonG5207 does remainG3306 foreverG165. 36SoG3767 ifG1437 the SonG5207 10setsG1659 you freeG1659, you reallyG3689 will be freeG1658. 37I knowG3609 that you are 11Abraham’sG11 descendantsG4690; yetG235 12you are seekingG2212 to killG615 Me, becauseG3754 My wordG3056 13hasG5562 noG3756 placeG5562 in you. 38I speakG2980 of the things whichG3739 I have seenG3708 14with My FatherG3962; thereforeG3767 you alsoG2532 doG4160 the things whichG3739 you heardG191 from 15your fatherG3962.”
39They answeredG611 and saidG3004 to Him, “AbrahamG11 is 16our fatherG3962.” JesusG2424 saidG3004 to them, “17IfG1487 you are Abraham’sG11 childrenG5043, doG4160 the deedsG2041 of AbrahamG11. 40But as it is, 18you are seekingG2212 to killG615 Me, a ManG444 whoG3739 has 19toldG2980 you the truthG225, whichG3739 I heardG191 from GodG2316; thisG3778 AbrahamG11 did not doG4160. 41You are doingG4160 the deedsG2041 of 20your fatherG3962.” They saidG3004 to Him, “We were not bornG1080 as a resultG1537 of sexualG4202 immoralityG4202; 21we haveG2192 oneG1520 FatherG3962: GodG2316.” 42JesusG2424 saidG3004 to them, “IfG1487 GodG2316 were your FatherG3962, 22you would loveG25 Me, 23for I cameG1831 forthG1831 from GodG2316 and amG2240 hereG2240; for I have 24not evenG3761 comeG2064 25on My ownG1683, but 2627He sentG649 Me. 43WhyG1223G5101 do you not understandG1097 2829whatG2981 I am sayingG2981? It is becauseG3754 you cannotG1410G3756 30listenG191 to My wordG3056. 4431You are of 32your fatherG3962 the devilG1228, and 33you wantG2309 to doG4160 the desiresG1939 of your fatherG3962. 34He was a murdererG443 from the beginningG746, and does not standG4739 in the truthG225 becauseG3754 35there is noG3756 truthG225 in him. WheneverG3752 he tellsG2980 36a lieG5579, he 37speaksG2980 from his ownG2398 nature, becauseG3754 he is a liarG5583 and the fatherG3962 of 38liesG846. 45But becauseG3754 39I sayG3004 the truthG225, you do not believeG4100 Me. 46WhichG5101 oneG5101 of you convictsG1651 Me of sinG266? IfG1487 40I speakG3004 truthG225, whyG1223G5101 do you not believeG4100 Me? 4741The one who is of GodG2316 hearsG191 the wordsG4487 of GodG2316; for thisG3778 reasonG1223 you do not hearG191 them, becauseG3754 you are not of GodG2316.”
4842The JewsG2453 answeredG611 and saidG3004 to Him, “Do we not rightlyG2573 sayG3004 that You are a 43SamaritanG4541, and You 44haveG2192 a demonG1140?” 49JesusG2424 answeredG611, “I do not 45haveG2192 a demonG1140; onG235 theG235 contraryG235, I honorG5091 My FatherG3962, and you dishonorG818 Me. 50But 46I am not seekingG2212 My gloryG1391; there is One who seeksG2212 it, and judgesG2919. 51TrulyG281, trulyG281 I sayG3004 to you, ifG1437 anyoneG5100 47followsG5083 My wordG3056, he will neverG3756G3361 48seeG2334 deathG2288.” 5249The JewsG2453 saidG3004 to Him, “NowG3568 we knowG1097 that You 50haveG2192 a demonG1140. AbrahamG11 diedG599, and the prophetsG4396 as well; and yet You sayG3004, ‘IfG1437 anyoneG5100 51followsG5083 My wordG3056, he will neverG3756G3361 52tasteG1089 of deathG2288.’ 53You 53are not greaterG3173 than our fatherG3962 AbrahamG11, whoG3748 diedG599, are You? The prophetsG4396 diedG599 tooG2532. WhomG5101 do You makeG4160 YourselfG4572 out to be?” 54JesusG2424 answeredG611, “54IfG1437 I glorifyG1392 MyselfG1683, My gloryG1391 is nothingG3762; 55it is My FatherG3962 who glorifiesG1392 Me, of whomG3739 you sayG3004, ‘He is our GodG2316’; 55and 56you have not come to knowG1097 Him, 57but I knowG3609 Him. And ifG2579 I sayG3004 that I do not knowG3609 Him, I will be 58a liarG5583 likeG3664 you; 59but I do knowG3609 Him, and I 60followG5083 His wordG3056. 5661Your fatherG3962 AbrahamG11 was 62overjoyedG21 that he would seeG3708 My dayG2250, and he sawG3708 it and rejoicedG5463.” 5763SoG3767 the JewsG2453 saidG3004 to Him, “You are not yetG3768 fiftyG4004 yearsG2094 old, and You have seenG3708 AbrahamG11?” 58JesusG2424 saidG3004 to them, “TrulyG281, trulyG281 I sayG3004 to you, beforeG4250 AbrahamG11 64was bornG1096, 6566I amG1510.” 59ThereforeG3767 they 67pickedG142 upG142 stonesG3037 to throwG906 at Him, but JesusG2424 68hidG2928 Himself and leftG1831 the templeG2413 grounds.
Notes
- 1. John 8:30 John 7:31 ↩
- 2. John 8:31 John 15:7; 2 John 9 ↩
- 3. John 8:31 John 2:2 ↩
- 4. John 8:32 John 1:14, 17 ↩
- 5. John 8:32 John 8:36; Rom 8:2; 2 Cor 3:17; Gal 5:1, 13; James 2:12; 1 Pet 2:16 ↩
- 6. John 8:33 Matt 3:9; Luke 3:8; John 8:37, 39 ↩
- 7. John 8:34 Rom 6:16; 2 Pet 2:19 ↩
- 8. John 8:35 Gen 21:10; Gal 4:30 ↩
- 9. John 8:35 Luke 15:31 ↩
- 10. John 8:36 John 8:32 ↩
- 11. John 8:37 Matt 3:9; John 8:39 ↩
- 12. John 8:37 John 7:1; 8:40 ↩
- 13. John 8:37 Or is making no headway among you ↩
- 14. John 8:38 Or in the presence of ↩
- 15. John 8:38 John 8:41, 44 ↩
- 16. John 8:39 Matt 3:9; John 8:37 ↩
- 17. John 8:39 Rom 9:7; Gal 3:7 ↩
- 18. John 8:40 John 7:1; 8:37 ↩
- 19. John 8:40 John 8:26 ↩
- 20. John 8:41 John 8:38, 44 ↩
- 21. John 8:41 Deut 32:6; Is 63:16; 64:8 ↩
- 22. John 8:42 1 John 5:1 ↩
- 23. John 8:42 John 13:3; 16:28, 30; 17:8 ↩
- 24. John 8:42 John 7:28 ↩
- 25. John 8:42 Or of Myself ↩
- 26. John 8:42 Lit that One ↩
- 27. John 8:42 John 3:17 ↩
- 28. John 8:43 Or My way of speaking ↩
- 29. John 8:43 John 8:33, 39, 41 ↩
- 30. John 8:43 John 5:25 ↩
- 31. John 8:44 1 John 3:8 ↩
- 32. John 8:44 John 8:38, 41 ↩
- 33. John 8:44 John 7:17 ↩
- 34. John 8:44 Gen 3:4; 1 John 3:8, 15 ↩
- 35. John 8:44 1 John 2:4 ↩
- 36. John 8:44 Lit the lie ↩
- 37. John 8:44 Matt 12:34 ↩
- 38. John 8:44 Lit it ↩
- 39. John 8:45 John 18:37 ↩
- 40. John 8:46 John 18:37 ↩
- 41. John 8:47 1 John 4:6 ↩
- 42. John 8:48 John 1:19 ↩
- 43. John 8:48 Matt 10:5; John 4:9 ↩
- 44. John 8:48 John 7:20 ↩
- 45. John 8:49 John 7:20 ↩
- 46. John 8:50 John 5:41; 8:54 ↩
- 47. John 8:51 John 8:55; 14:23; 15:20; 17:6 ↩
- 48. John 8:51 Matt 16:28; Luke 2:26; John 8:52; Heb 2:9; 11:5 ↩
- 49. John 8:52 John 1:19 ↩
- 50. John 8:52 John 7:20 ↩
- 51. John 8:52 John 8:55; 14:23; 15:20; 17:6 ↩
- 52. John 8:52 John 8:51 ↩
- 53. John 8:53 John 4:12 ↩
- 54. John 8:54 John 8:50 ↩
- 55. John 8:54 John 7:39 ↩
- 56. John 8:55 John 8:19; 15:21 ↩
- 57. John 8:55 John 7:29 ↩
- 58. John 8:55 John 8:44 ↩
- 59. John 8:55 John 7:29 ↩
- 60. John 8:55 John 8:51; 15:10 ↩
- 61. John 8:56 John 8:37, 39 ↩
- 62. John 8:56 Matt 13:17; Heb 11:13 ↩
- 63. John 8:57 John 1:19 ↩
- 64. John 8:58 Lit came into being ↩
- 65. John 8:58 Or I AM; Jesus may be referring to Ex 3:14, I AM WHO I AM ↩
- 66. John 8:58 Ex 3:14; John 1:1; 17:5, 24 ↩
- 67. John 8:59 Matt 12:14; John 10:31; 11:8 ↩
- 68. John 8:59 John 12:36 ↩
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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