John 8:12-30
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Light of the World
12 Then Jesus spoke to them again: “I am(A) the light(B) of the world. Anyone who follows Me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.”(C)
13 So the Pharisees said to Him, “You are testifying about Yourself. Your testimony is not valid.”[a]
14 “Even if I testify about Myself,” Jesus replied, “My testimony is valid,[b] because I know where I came from and where I’m going. But you don’t know where I come from or where I’m going.(D) 15 You judge(E) by human standards.[c](F) I judge no one.(G) 16 And if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent Me judge(H) together.(I) 17 Even in your law it is written that the witness of two men is valid.(J) 18 I am the One who testifies(K) about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.”
19 Then they asked Him, “Where is Your Father?”
“You know neither Me nor My Father,”(L) Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would also know My Father.”(M) 20 He spoke these words by the treasury,[d](N) while teaching in the temple complex. But no one seized Him, because His hour[e] had not come.
Jesus Predicts His Departure
21 Then He said to them again, “I’m going away;(O) you will look for Me, and you will die in your sin.(P) Where I’m going, you cannot come.”(Q)
22 So the Jews said again, “He won’t kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘Where I’m going, you cannot come’(R)?”
23 “You are from below,” He told them, “I am from above.(S) You are of this world;(T) I am not of this world.(U) 24 Therefore I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I am He,[f] you will die in your sins.”
25 “Who are You?” they questioned.
“Precisely what I’ve been telling you from the very beginning,” Jesus told them. 26 “I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the One who sent Me(V) is true, and what I have heard from Him—these things I tell the world.”(W)
27 They did not know He was speaking to them about the Father. 28 So Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man,(X) then you will know that I am(Y) He, and that I do nothing on My own.(Z) But just as the Father taught Me, I say these things. 29 The One who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone,(AA) because I always do what pleases Him.”
Truth and Freedom
30 As He was saying these things, many believed in Him.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- John 8:13 The law of Moses required at least 2 witnesses to make a claim legally valid (v. 17).
- John 8:14 Or true
- John 8:15 Lit You judge according to the flesh
- John 8:20 A place for offerings to be given, perhaps in the court of women
- John 8:20 The time of His sacrificial death and exaltation; Jn 2:4; 7:30; 12:23,27; 13:1; 17:1
- John 8:24 Jesus claimed to be deity, but the Pharisees didn’t understand His meaning.
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