John 8:45

But I (speak the truth, and) because the truth I speak, you believe me not.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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

In Context

44You are from your father the accuser, and the desires of your father you are willing to do. He from the beginning was the killer of men, and in the truth he stood not; therefore the truth is not in him. And when he speaketh a lie, of his own he speaketh, because of falsity he is also the father.

46Who of you convicteth me of sin? Yet if the truth I speak, why do you not believe me?

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Cross References

John 3:19And this is the judgment, that the light hath come into the world, and the sons of men have loved darkness rather than the light, for their deeds have been evil.

John 18:37Pilatos saith to him, Then thou art a king? Jeshu saith to him, Thou hast said that I am a king. For this am I born, and for this I came into the world, to testify of the truth. Every one who is of the truth heareth my voice.

2 Thessalonians 2:10and with all unrighteous deception which is done in them who perish, because they have not received the love of the truth by which they might have been saved.

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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