John 8:29

John 8:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, for I always do those things that please Him.”
• New Living Translation (NLT)And the one who sent me is with me—he has not deserted me. For I always do what pleases him.”

Context of John 8:29

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. The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what pleases him.” 30Even as he spoke, many believed in him. 31To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples.

John 8:29 word by word

καὶ ὁ πέμψας με μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ ἐστιν· οὐκ ἀφῆκέν με μόνον ὅτι ἐγὼ τὰ ἀρεστὰ αὐτῷ ποιῶ πάντοτε.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• he that sentπέμπωpempō · to sendG3992
• meἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• withμετάmeta · with/afterG3326
• the Fatherπατήρpatēr · fatherG3962
• hathἀφίημιaphiēmi · to release: leaveG863
• notοὐou · noG3756
• aloneμόνοςmonos · aloneG3441
• forὅτιhoti · that/since: sinceG3754
• doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
• alwaysπάντοτεpantote · alwaysG3842
• those things that pleaseἀρεστόςarestos · pleasingG701
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846

Cross-references for John 8:29

• 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 14:10Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work.
• John 16:32“A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.
• Isaiah 42:1“Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will bring justice to the nations.
• Isaiah 49:4But I said, “I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing at all. Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand, and my reward is with my God.”
• Isaiah 50:4The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.
• 2 Timothy 4:17But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth.
• John 4:34“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.
• John 5:30By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.
• John 6:38For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.
• John 14:31but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly what my Father has commanded me. “Come now; let us leave.
• John 15:10If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
• John 17:4I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.
• Matthew 3:17And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
• Matthew 17:5While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”
• Hebrews 4:15For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.

Commentaries on John 8:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29The Father hath not left me alone - Though ye shalt have power to put me to death, yet this shall not be because he hath abandoned me. No - he is ever with me, because I do that which pleaseth him; and it is his pleasure that I should lay down my life for the salvation of the world. Does not our Lord allude to the following scriptures? - Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; my ears hast thou opened: (or, a body hast thou prepared me: Hebrews…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Is with me - In working miracles, etc. Hath not left me alone - Though men had forsaken and rejected him, yet God attended him. Those things that please him - See Matthew 3:17; “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased,” Philemon 2:8; Isaiah 53:10-12; 2 Peter 1:17; Luke 3:22; Matthew 17:5. His undertaking the work of redemption was pleasing to God, and he had the consciousness that in executing it he did those things which God approved. It is a…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. 28-3028-30. When ye have lifted up the Son of man--The plainest intimation He had yet given in public of the manner and the authors of His death. then shall ye know that I am he, &c.--that is, find out, or have sufficient evidence, how true was all He said, though they would be far from owning it.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