John 8:45

But because I speak the truth, you believe me not.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

44You are of your father, the devil; and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks that which is false, he speaks from what is his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.

46Which of you convicts me of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe me?

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Cross References

John 3:19And this is the condemnation, that light has come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

John 18:37Then Pilate said to him: You are a king, then? Jesus answered; You say that I am a king. For this purpose was I born, and for this purpose I came into the world, that I might testify to the truth. Every one that is of the truth, hears my voice.

2 Thessalonians 2:10and with all the delusion of unrighteousness in those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, in order that they might be saved.

Matthew Henry on John 8:39-48

Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. 39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. 41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even… Read the whole commentary →

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