John 8:24-28

24 "Therefore I said to you that you ¹will die in your sins; for unless * you believe that ²I am He, ³you 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 ⁴He who sent Me is true; and ⁵the 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 ⁶lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that ⁷I am He, and ⁸I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me.

Cross References

• 1. John 8:21
• 2. Matthew 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; John 8:28, 58; John 13:19
• 3. John 8:21
• 4. John 3:33; John 7:28
• 5. John 8:40; John 12:49; John 15:15
• 6. John 3:14; John 12:32
• 7. Matthew 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; John 8:24, 58; John 13:19
• 8. John 3:11; John 5:19

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)