John 8:28

Jesus said to them again: When ye shall have lifted up the Son of man, then will ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing from my own pleasure, but as my Father taught me, so I speak.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

In Context

27And they did not know, that he spake to them of the Father.

29And he that sent me, is with me; and my Father hath not left me alone, because I do, at all times, that which pleaseth him.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:50Then Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit.

John 3:14And as Moses elevated the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up:

John 5:30I can do nothing of my own pleasure; but as I hear, so I judge. And my judgment is just; for I seek not my own pleasure, but the pleasure of him that sent me.

John 8:24I said to you, That ye will die in your sins; for if ye believe not that I am he, ye will die in your sins.

John 12:32And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to me.

John 16:10and of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more:

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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