John 8:23

And he said to them: You are from beneath, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

In Context

22Then said the Jews: Will he kill himself, because he says, Whither I go, you can not come?

24Therefore said I to you, that you shall die in your sins. For if you believe not that I am, He, you shall die in your sins.

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Cross References

John 3:13And no man has ascended into heaven, but he who came down from heaven, the Son of man, who is in heaven.

John 15:18If the world hates you, you know that it hated me before it hated you.

John 17:16They are not of the world, as I am not of the world.

1 Corinthians 15:47The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man, the Lord from heaven.

James 3:15This wisdom comes not from above, but is earthly, animal, demoniac.

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 →

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