John 8:23
And He said unto them, Ye are from beneath, I am from above: ye are of this world, I am not of this world.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
22The Jews therefore said, What! will He kill himself; that He says, where I am going, ye cannot come?
Cross References
John 3:13For no one hath ascended up into heaven, but He that came down from heaven, even the Son of man who is in heaven.
John 15:18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me first.
John 17:16They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
1 Corinthians 15:47The first man being made out of the earth, was earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
James 3:15this is not the wisdom, that cometh down from above, but is earthly, sensual, and diabolical:
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 →