John 8:45

But because I tell the truth, you don’t trust me.

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In The King James Version

And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

In Context

44You are of your Abba father, the devil [Accuser], and you want to do the epithumia ·lusts, desires· of 'Avikah ·your Father·. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its Abba ·Father familiar, Dear Dad·.

46Which of you convicts me of abstract sin ·miss the mark·? If I tell the truth, why do you not trust me?

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Cross References

John 3:19This is the judgment, that + 3:19 (19-20) MP: Light from God. (Gen 1:3) the light has come into the world, and men have agapao ·total devotion love· to the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

John 18:37+ 18:37. MP: Messiah is a King. (Ps 2:6) Pilate [Armed with javelin] therefore said to him, “Are you a king then?” Yeshua [Salvation] answered, “You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”

Matthew Henry on John 8:39-48

Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. 39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. 41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even… Read the whole commentary →

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