21 [a]Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins, Whither I go, can ye not come.

22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself, because he saith, Whither I go, can ye not 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 except ye believe, that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

25 [b]Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus said unto them, Even [c]the same thing that I said unto you from the beginning.

26 [d]I have many things to say, and to judge of you: but he that sent me, is true, and the things that I have heard of him, those speak I to the world.

27 [e]They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.

28 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, so I spake these things.

29 For he that sent me, is with me: the Father hath not left me alone, because I do always those things that please him.

30 ¶ As he spake these things, many believed in him.

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Footnotes

  1. John 8:21 Because that men do naturally abhor heavenly things, no man can be a fit disciple of Christ, unless the Spirit of God frame him: in the mean season notwithstanding, the world must of necessity perish, because it refuseth the life that is offered unto it.
  2. John 8:25 He shall at length know who Christ is, which will diligently hear, what he saith.
  3. John 8:25 That is, I am Christ, and the savior, for so I told you from the beginning that I was.
  4. John 8:26 God is the revenger of Christ’s doctrine despised.
  5. John 8:27 Even the contempt of Christ maketh for his glory: which thing his enemies shall feel at length to their great smart.

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