John 8:16-26

16 "But even 1if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me.
17 "Even in 2your law it has been written that the testimony of 3two men is true.
18 "I am He who testifies about Myself, and 4the Father who sent Me testifies about Me."
19 So they were saying to Him, "Where is Your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither Me nor My Father; 5if you knew Me, you would know My Father also."
20 These words He spoke in 6the treasury, as 7He taught in the temple; and no one seized Him, because 8His hour had not yet come.
21 Then He said again to them, "I go away, and 9you will seek Me, and 10will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot * come."
22 So 11the Jews were saying, "Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, '12Where I am going, you cannot * come '?"
23 And He was saying to them, "13You are from below, I am from above; 14you are of this world, 15I am not of this world.
24 "Therefore I said to you that you 16will die in your sins; for unless * you believe that 17I am He, 18you will die in your sins."
25 So they were saying to Him, "Who are You?" Jesus said to them, "What * have I been saying to you from the beginning?
26 "I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but 19He who sent Me is true; and 20the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world."

Cross References 20

  • 1. John 5:30
  • 2. Deuteronomy 17:6; Deuteronomy 19:15
  • 3. Matthew 18:16
  • 4. John 5:37; 1 John 5:9
  • 5. John 7:28; John 8:55; John 14:7, 9; John 16:3
  • 6. Mark 12:41, 43; Luke 21:1
  • 7. John 7:14; John 8:2
  • 8. John 7:30
  • 9. John 7:34
  • 10. John 8:24
  • 11. John 1:19; John 8:48, 52, 57
  • 12. John 7:35
  • 13. John 3:31
  • 14. 1 John 4:5
  • 15. John 17:14, 16
  • 16. John 8:21
  • 17. Matthew 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; John 8:28, 58; John 13:19
  • 18. John 8:21
  • 19. John 3:33; John 7:28
  • 20. John 8:40; John 12:49; John 15:15

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. I.e. valid or admissible
  • [b]. Most authorities associate this with Ex 3:14, "I AM WHO I AM"
  • [c]. Or "That which I have been saying to you from the beginning"
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