John 8:45

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

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

44You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature: for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

46Which of you convicts me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do you not believe me?

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Cross References

John 3:19And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

John 18:37So Pilate said to him, You are a king then? Jesus answered, You say that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause I came into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Every one who is of the truth hears my voice.

2 Thessalonians 2:10And with all wicked deception for those who perish; because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be 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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