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.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

22The Jews therefore said: Will he kill himself, because he said: Whither I go, you cannot come?

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

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Cross References

Psalms 17:4That my mouth may not speak the works of men: for the sake of the words of thy lips, I have kept hard ways.

John 3:13And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.

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

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

1 Corinthians 15:47The first man was of the earth, earthly: the second man, from heaven, heavenly.

James 3:15For this is not wisdom, descending from above: but earthly, sensual, 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 →

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