John 8:23
And he said to them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above. Ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
22The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he says, Where I go ye cannot come?
Cross References
Psalms 17:4Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept from the paths of the violent [man].
John 3:13And no one has gone up into heaven, save he who came down out of heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.
John 15:18If the world hate you, know that it has hated me before you.
John 17:16They are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
1 Corinthians 15:47the first man out of [the] earth, made of dust; the second man, out of heaven.
James 3:15This is not the wisdom which comes down from above, but earthly, natural, devilish.
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 →