John 8:23
And hee saide vnto them, Ye are from beneath, I am from aboue: ye are of this world, I am not of this worlde.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
22Then said the Iewes, Will he kill himselfe, because he saith, Whither I goe, can ye not come?
Cross References
Psalms 17:4Concerning the workes of men, by the wordes of thy lips I kept mee from the paths of the cruell man.
John 3:13For no man ascendeth vp to heauen, but he that hath descended from heauen, that Sonne of man which is in heauen.
John 15:18If the worlde hate you, ye knowe that it hated me before you.
John 17:16They are not of the worlde, as I am not of the world.
1 Corinthians 15:47The first man is of the earth, earthly: the second man is the Lord from heauen.
James 3:15This wisedome descendeth not from aboue, but is earthly, sensuall, and deuilish.
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 →