John 8:28

Therefore Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I AM, and from Myself I do nothing; but just as My Father taught Me, these things I speak.

English Majority Text (NT)

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

27They did not know that He was speaking to them about the Father.

29And He who sent Me is with Me. The Father has not left Me alone, because I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.”

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Cross References

Matthew 27:50But Jesus, again crying out with a loud voice, released His spirit.

John 3:14And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

John 5:30I can of My own self do nothing. Even as I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me. 1 The Fourfold Witness

John 8:24Therefore 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.”

John 12:32And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.”

John 16:10of righteousness, because I am going to My Father and you see Me no more;

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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