John 8:28

Jesus therefore said to them: When you shall have lifted up, the Son of man, then shall you know that I am he and that I do nothing of myself. But as the Father hath taught me, these things I speak.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

In Context

27And they understood not that he called God his Father.

29And he that sent me is with me: and he hath not left me alone. For I do always the things that please him.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:50And Jesus again crying with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

John 3:14And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up:

John 5:30I cannot of myself do any thing. As I hear, so I judge. And my judgment is just: because I seek not my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

John 8:24Therefore 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.

John 12:32And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all things to myself.

John 16:10And of justice: because I go to the Father: and you shall see me no longer.

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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