John 8:45

45 And because I tell you ye trueth therfore ye beleve me not.

John 8:45 Meaning and Commentary

John 8:45

And because I tell you the truth
And no lie, the whole truth of the Gospel, and particularly the truth of his divine sonship:

ye believe me not;
to such an infatuation and judicial blindness were they give up, to disbelieve him, because he told the truth, and to believe a lie, that they might be damned; which showed them to be the children of the devil, and under his power and influence.

John 8:45 In-Context

43 Why do ye not knowe my speache? Even because ye cannot abyde the hearynge of my wordes.

44 Ye are of youre father the devyll and the lustes of youre father ye will folowe. He was a murtherer from the beginnynge and aboode not in the trueth because ther is no trueth in him. When he speaketh a lye then speaketh he of his awne. For he is a lyar and the father therof.

45 And because I tell you ye trueth therfore ye beleve me not.

46 Which of you can rebuke me of synne? If I saye ye trueth why do not ye beleve me?

47 He that is of God heareth goddes wordes Ye therfore heare them not because ye are not of God.