John 8:12-30

Jesus Is the Light of the World

12 Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, "¹I am the Light of the world; ²he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life."

13 So the Pharisees said to Him, "³You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not true."

14 Jesus answered and said to them, "⁴Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is true, for I know ⁵where I came from and where I am going; but ⁶you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

15 "⁷You judge according to the flesh; ⁸I am not judging anyone.

16 "But even ⁹if 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 ¹⁰your law it has been written that the testimony of ¹¹two men is true.

18 "I am He who testifies about Myself, and ¹²the 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; ¹³if you knew Me, you would know My Father also."

20 These words He spoke in ¹⁴the treasury, as ¹⁵He taught in the temple; and no one seized Him, because ¹⁶His hour had not yet come.

21 Then He said again to them, "I go away, and ¹⁷you will seek Me, and ¹⁸will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot * come."

22 So ¹⁹the Jews were saying, "Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, '²⁰Where I am going, you cannot * come '?"

23 And He was saying to them, "²¹You are from below, I am from above; ²²you are of this world, ²³I am not of this world.

24 "Therefore I said to you that you ²⁴will die in your sins; for unless * you believe that ²⁵I am He, ²⁶you 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 ²⁷He who sent Me is true; and ²⁸the 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 ²⁹lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that ³⁰I am He, and ³¹I 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; ³²He has not left Me alone, for ³³I always do the things that are pleasing to Him."

30 As He spoke these things, ³⁴many came to believe in Him.

Cross References

• 1. John 1:4; John 9:5; John 12:35
• 2. Matthew 5:14
• 3. John 5:31
• 4. John 18:37; Revelation 1:5; Revelation 3:14
• 5. John 8:42; John 13:3; John 16:28
• 6. John 7:28; John 9:29
• 7. 1 Samuel 16:7; John 7:24
• 8. John 3:17
• 9. John 5:30
• 10. Deuteronomy 17:6; Deuteronomy 19:15
• 11. Matthew 18:16
• 12. John 5:37; 1 John 5:9
• 13. John 7:28; John 8:55; John 14:7, 9; John 16:3
• 14. Mark 12:41, 43; Luke 21:1
• 15. John 7:14; John 8:2
• 16. John 7:30
• 17. John 7:34
• 18. John 8:24
• 19. John 1:19; John 8:48, 52, 57
• 20. John 7:35
• 21. John 3:31
• 22. 1 John 4:5
• 23. John 17:14, 16
• 24. John 8:21
• 25. Matthew 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; John 8:28, 58; John 13:19
• 26. John 8:21
• 27. John 3:33; John 7:28
• 28. John 8:40; John 12:49; John 15:15
• 29. John 3:14; John 12:32
• 30. Matthew 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; John 8:24, 58; John 13:19
• 31. John 3:11; John 5:19
• 32. John 8:16; John 16:32
• 33. John 4:34
• 34. John 7:31

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "valid"
• [b]. Or "valid"
• [c]. I.e. by a carnal standard
• [d]. I.e. valid or admissible
• [e]. Most authorities associate this with Ex 3:14, "I AM WHO I AM"
• [f]. Or "That which I have been saying to you from the beginning"
• [g]. Lit "I AM" (v 24 note)
• [h]. Or "did not leave"