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.
• 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.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)I have much to say about you and much to condemn, but I won’t. For I say only what I have heard from the one who sent me, and he is completely truthful.”

Context of John 8:26

24I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am he, you will indeed die in your sins.” 25“Who are you?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied. “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.” 27They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father. 28So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has 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 much more to say to you, more than you can now bear.
• Hebrews 5:11We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand.
• John 8:16But if I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who sent me.
• John 5:42but I know you. I know that you do not have the love of God in your hearts.
• John 9:39Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”
• John 12:47“If anyone hears my words but does not keep them, I do not judge that person. For I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world.
• John 8:17In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true.
• John 7:28Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him,
• 2 Corinthians 1:18But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
• John 8:40As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things.
• John 3:32He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.
• John 7:16Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.
• John 15:15I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
• John 17:8For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they 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