John 6:62
Then what will you think if you see me going up, back to the place I came from? I am the special man that came down from heaven.
Plain English Version
In The King James Version
What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?
In Context
Cross References
Mark 16:19After Jesus finished telling his followers all those things, God took him up to heaven. And Jesus sat down at the right-hand side of God, the place where only a really important person can sit.
John 3:13I am the only person here that has been in heaven. I am the special man from God. I came down from heaven. So you have to believe what I say.
John 16:28Yes, I came from my father, and I came into the world. But now I am going to leave the world and go back to my father.”
John 17:11Very soon I will leave this world and come back to you. But my people will still be in this world, so, Father in heaven, I ask you to look after them. You can use your power to do that, the same power that you gave me. Join them together, and make them one mob, just like you and me are joined together, like we are one.
Ephesians 4:8A long time ago, God got one of his men to write this in his book, “He went up to the highest place, and he made lots of prisoners follow him. And he gave gifts to people.”
Matthew Henry on John 6:61-71
Christ's Discourse with His Disciples; The Effect of Christ's Discourse; The Character of Judas. 60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it? 61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? 62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? 63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.… Read the whole commentary →