John 8:49
Jesus said to them: I have no demon: but I honor God; and ye contemn me.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.
In Context
50But I seek not my own glory: there is one that seeketh it, and judgeth.
Cross References
John 8:29And 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.
John 12:28Father, glorify thy name! And a voice was heard from heaven: I have glorified it; and I will glorify it again.
John 14:13And what ye shall ask in my name, I will do for you; that the Father may be glorified in his Son.
Philippians 2:6who, as he was in the likeness of God, deemed it no trespass to be the coequal of God;
Matthew Henry on John 8:49-51
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 48 Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. 50 And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. Here is, I. The malice of hell breaking out in the base language which the unbelieving Jews gave to our Lord Jesus. Hitherto they had cavilled at his doctrine, and had made invidious remarks upon it; but, having… Read the whole commentary →