John 8:23

He said to them, “You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.

World Messianic Bible British

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 Judeans therefore said, “Will he kill himself, because he says, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come’?”

24I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”

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Cross References

Psalms 17:4As for the deeds of men, by the word of your lips, I have kept myself from the ways of the violent.

John 3:13No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended 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 it hated you.

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

1 Corinthians 15:47The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.

James 3:15This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and 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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