John 8:23

He said to them: “You are from below; I am from Above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

Family 35 New Testament

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, “He won't kill himself, will he, since he says, ‘Where I am going you cannot come’?”

24That is why I told you that you will die in your sins, because if you do not believe that I am, you will die in your sins.”

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Cross References

John 3:13No one has gone up into Heaven except the One who came down out of Heaven —the Son of the Man, who is in Heaven.

John 15:18“When the world hates you, you can be sure that it has hated me first.

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

1 Corinthians 15:47The first man was of the earth, of soil; the second man was the Lord from heaven.

James 3:15such ‘wisdom’ is not coming 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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