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;

Literal Standard Version

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 says, To where I go away, you are not able to come?”

24I said, therefore, to you, that you will die in your sins, for if you may not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins.”

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Cross References

Psalms 17:4As for doings of man, || Through a word of Your lips I have observed || The paths of a destroyer;

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

John 15:18if the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before you;

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

1 Corinthians 15:47The first man [is] out of the earth—earthly; the second Man [is] the LORD out of Heaven;

James 3:15this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like,

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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