John 8:23
And he said to them, Ye are from below, I am from above. Ye are of this world, I am not of this world.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
22The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, because he says, Where I go, ye cannot come?
Cross References
Psalms 17:4As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the ways of a violent man.
John 3:13And no man has ascended into heaven, except he who came down out of heaven: the Son of man who is in heaven.
John 15:18If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before you.
John 17:16They are not of the world just as I am not of the world.
1 Corinthians 15:47The first man was of the earth, earthly. The second man is the Lord from heaven.
James 3:15This wisdom is not descending from above, but is earthly, world-soul, demonic.
Matthew Henry on John 8:22-31
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. 22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. 23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. 25 Then said they unto… Read the whole commentary →