John 8:23

And He said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are from this world; I am not from this world.

English Majority Text (NT)

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

22So the Jews said, “ Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘Where I am going you cannot come’?”

24Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins.”

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Cross References

John 3:13And no one has gone up into heaven except He who came down out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

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

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

1 Corinthians 15:47The first man was from earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven.

James 3:15This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, demonic.

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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