John 8:21-29

21 Then He said again to them, "I go away, and ¹you will seek Me, and ²will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot * come."

22 So ³the Jews were saying, "Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, '⁴Where I am going, you cannot * come '?"

23 And He was saying to them, "⁵You are from below, I am from above; ⁶you are of this world, ⁷I am not of this world.

24 "Therefore I said to you that you ⁸will die in your sins; for unless * you believe that ⁹I am He, ¹⁰you 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 ¹¹He who sent Me is true; and ¹²the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world."

27 They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father.

28 So Jesus said, "When you ¹³lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that ¹⁴I am He, and ¹⁵I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.

29 "And He who sent Me is with Me; ¹⁶He has not left Me alone, for ¹⁷I always do the things that are pleasing to Him."

Cross References

• 1. John 7:34
• 2. John 8:24
• 3. John 1:19; John 8:48, 52, 57
• 4. John 7:35
• 5. John 3:31
• 6. 1 John 4:5
• 7. John 17:14, 16
• 8. John 8:21
• 9. Matthew 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; John 8:28, 58; John 13:19
• 10. John 8:21
• 11. John 3:33; John 7:28
• 12. John 8:40; John 12:49; John 15:15
• 13. John 3:14; John 12:32
• 14. Matthew 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; John 8:24, 58; John 13:19
• 15. John 3:11; John 5:19
• 16. John 8:16; John 16:32
• 17. John 4:34

Footnotes

• [a] Most authorities associate this with Ex 3:14, "I AM WHO I AM"
• [b] Or "That which I have been saying to you from the beginning"
• [c] Lit "I AM" (v 24 note)
• [d] Or "did not leave"