John 8:23
And he said to them: Ye are from below, I am from above; ye are of this world, I am not of this world
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
22The Jews said: Is he about to kill himself, that he should say, Whither I go ye cannot come?
Cross References
John 3:13And no one hath ascended to heaven, but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.
John 15:18And if the world hate you, know ye, that it hated me before you.
John 17:16for they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
1 Corinthians 15:47The first man was of dust from the earth; the second man was the Lord from heaven.
James 3:15For this wisdom cometh not down from above; but is earthly, and from the devices of the soul, and from demons.
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 →