John 8:45

45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me!

John 8:45 in Other Translations

45 And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me.

45 So when I tell the truth, you just naturally don’t believe me!

45 I arrive on the scene, tell you the plain truth, and you refuse to have a thing to do with me.

45 But because I say the truth, ye believe me not.

45 So you don't believe me because I tell the truth.

45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me.

45 "But because I tell the truth, you don't believe me!

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 is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say.

44 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

45 Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me!

46 Can any of you prove me guilty of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me?

47 Whoever belongs to God hears what God says. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

Cross References

• 1. John 18:37