John 8
Lexham English Bible
A Woman Caught in Adultery
8 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 Now early in the morning he came again to the temple courts.[a] And all the people were coming,[b] and he sat down and[c] began to teach[d] them.
3 Now the scribes and the Pharisees brought to him a woman[e] caught in adultery. And standing her in their midst, 4 they said to him, testing him,[f] “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery! 5 Now in the law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. So what do you say?” 6 (Now they were saying this to test him, so that they would have an occasion[g] to bring charges against him.) But Jesus, bending down, began to write[h] with his[i] finger on the ground, taking no notice.[j] 7 And when they persisted in asking him, straightening up he said[k] to them, “The one of you without sin, let him throw the first stone at her!” 8 And bending down again, he wrote on the ground. 9 Now when they[l] heard it,[m] being convicted by their conscience,[n] they began to depart,[o] one by one, beginning with the older ones, and Jesus[p] was left alone—and the woman who was in their midst. 10 So Jesus, straightening up and seeing no one except the woman,[q] said to her, “Where are those accusers of yours?[r] Does no one condemn you?” 11 And she said, “No one, Lord.” So Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go, and[s] sin no more.”]][t]
Jesus, the Light of the World
12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” 13 So the Pharisees said to him, “You testify concerning yourself! Your testimony is not true.” 14 Jesus answered and said to them, “Even if I testify concerning myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I have come from and where I am going. But you do not know where I have come from or where I am going. 15 You judge according to externals; I do not judge anyone. 16 But even if I judge, my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me. 17 And even in your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true.[u] 18 I am the one who testifies concerning myself, and the Father who sent me testifies concerning me.”
19 So they were saying to him, “Where is your father?” Jesus replied, “You know neither me nor my Father! If you had known me, you would have known my Father also.” 20 He spoke these words by the treasury while[v] teaching in the temple courts,[w] and no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come.
Jesus Predicts His Death
21 So he said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek me and will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come!” 22 Then the Jews began to say,[x] “Perhaps he will kill himself, because he is saying, ‘Where I am going you cannot come.’” 23 And he said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are from this world; I am not from this world. 24 Thus I said to you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”
25 So they began to say to him,[y] “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “What[z] I have been saying to you from the beginning. 26 I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but the one who sent me is true, and the things which I heard from him, these things I say to the world.” 27 (They did not know that he was speaking to them about the Father.)
28 Then Jesus said,[aa] “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will recognize that I am he, and I do nothing from myself, but just as the Father taught me, I say these things. 29 And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do the things that are pleasing to him.” 30 While[ab] he was saying these things, many believed in him.
The Truth Will Set You Free
31 Then Jesus said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you continue in my word you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 33 They replied to him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have not been enslaved to anyone at any time. How do you say, ‘You will become free’?” 34 Jesus replied to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, that everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin. 35 And the slave does not remain in the household forever;[ac] the son remains forever.[ad] 36 So if the son sets you free, you will be truly free. 37 I know that you are descendants of Abraham. But you are seeking to kill me, because my word makes no progress among you. 38 I speak the things that I have seen with the Father; so also you do the things that you have heard from the Father.”
The Priority of Jesus Over Abraham
39 They answered and said to him, “Abraham is our father!” Jesus said to them, “If you are children of Abraham, do the deeds of Abraham! 40 But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who spoke to you the truth which I heard from God. This Abraham did not do. 41 You are doing the deeds of your father!”
They said[ae] to him, “We were not born from sexual immorality! We have one father, God!” 42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, for I have come forth from God and have come. For I have not come from myself, but that one sent me. 43 Why[af] do you not understand my way of speaking? Because you are not able to listen to my message. 44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father! That one was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he speaks the lie, he speaks from his own nature,[ag] because he is a liar and the father of lies.[ah] 45 But because I am telling the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Who among you convicts me concerning sin? If I am telling the truth, why[ai] do you not believe me? 47 The one who is from God listens to the words of God. Because of this you do not listen—because you are not of God.”
48 The Jews answered and said to him, “Do we not correctly say that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” 49 Jesus replied, “I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me! 50 But I do not seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges! 51 Truly, truly I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never experience death forever.”[aj]
52 The Jews[ak] said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham and the prophets died, and you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death forever.’[al] 53 You are not greater than our father Abraham who died, are you?[am] And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself to be?” 54 Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you say, ‘He is our God.’ 55 And you have not known him, but I know him. And if I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you! But I know him and I keep his word. 56 Abraham your father rejoiced that he would see my day, and he saw it[an] and was glad.”
57 So the Jews said to him, “You are[ao] not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?” 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was, I am!” 59 Then they picked up stones in order to throw them[ap] at him. But Jesus was hidden and went out of the temple courts.[aq]
Footnotes
- John 8:2 *Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
- John 8:2 Some manuscripts have “were coming to him”
- John 8:2 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“sat down”) has been translated as a finite verb
- John 8:2 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to teach”)
- John 8:3 Some manuscripts have “brought a woman”
- John 8:4 Some manuscripts omit “testing him”
- John 8:6 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 8:6 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to write”)
- John 8:6 Literally “the”; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
- John 8:6 Some manuscripts omit “taking no notice”
- John 8:7 Some manuscripts have “he straightened up and said”
- John 8:9 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
- John 8:9 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 8:9 Some manuscripts omit “being convicted by their conscience”
- John 8:9 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to depart”)
- John 8:9 Some manuscripts have “he”
- John 8:10 Some manuscripts omit “and seeing no one except the woman”
- John 8:10 Some manuscripts have “said to her, ‘Woman, where are they?”
- John 8:11 Some manuscripts have “and from now on”
- John 8:11 John 7:53–8:11 is not found in the earliest and best manuscripts and was almost certainly not an original part of the Gospel of John; one significant group of Greek manuscripts places it after Luke 21:38
- John 8:17 An allusion to Deut 17:6
- John 8:20 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the participle (“teaching”) which is understood as temporal
- John 8:20 *Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
- John 8:22 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”)
- John 8:25 *The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”)
- John 8:25 Literally “that which”
- John 8:28 Some manuscripts have “said to them”
- John 8:30 Here “while” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was saying”)
- John 8:35 Literally “for the age”
- John 8:35 Literally “for the age”
- John 8:41 Some manuscripts have “Then they said”
- John 8:43 Literally “because of what”
- John 8:44 *The word “nature” is not in the Greek text but is implied
- John 8:44 Literally “of it”
- John 8:46 Literally “because of what”
- John 8:51 Literally “for the age”
- John 8:52 Some manuscripts have “Then the Jews”
- John 8:52 Literally “for the age”
- John 8:53 *The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “are you”
- John 8:56 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 8:57 Literally “you have”
- John 8:59 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- John 8:59 *Here “courts” is supplied to distinguish this area from the interior of the temple building itself
John 8
Young's Literal Translation
8 And at dawn he came again to the temple,
2 and all the people were coming unto him, and having sat down, he was teaching them;
3 and the scribes and the Pharisees bring unto him a woman having been taken in adultery, and having set her in the midst,
4 they say to him, `Teacher, this woman was taken in the very crime -- committing adultery,
5 and in the law, Moses did command us that such be stoned; thou, therefore, what dost thou say?'
6 and this they said, trying him, that they might have to accuse him. And Jesus, having stooped down, with the finger he was writing on the ground,
7 and when they continued asking him, having bent himself back, he said unto them, `The sinless of you -- let him first cast the stone at her;'
8 and again having stooped down, he was writing on the ground,
9 and they having heard, and by the conscience being convicted, were going forth one by one, having begun from the elders -- unto the last; and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
10 And Jesus having bent himself back, and having seen no one but the woman, said to her, `Woman, where are those -- thine accusers? did no one pass sentence upon thee?'
11 and she said, `No one, Sir;' and Jesus said to her, `Neither do I pass sentence on thee; be going on, and no more sin.'
12 Again, therefore, Jesus spake to them, saying, `I am the light of the world; he who is following me shall not walk in the darkness, but he shall have the light of the life.'
13 The Pharisees, therefore, said to him, `Thou of thyself dost testify, thy testimony is not true;'
14 Jesus answered and said to them, `And if I testify of myself -- my testimony is true, because I have known whence I came, and whither I go, and ye -- ye have not known whence I come, or whither I go.
15 `Ye according to the flesh do judge; I do not judge any one,
16 and even if I do judge my judgment is true, because I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me;
17 and also in your law it hath been written, that the testimony of two men are true;
18 I am [one] who is testifying of myself, and the Father who sent me doth testify of me.'
19 They said, therefore, to him, `Where is thy father?' Jesus answered, `Ye have neither known me nor my Father: if me ye had known, my Father also ye had known.'
20 These sayings spake Jesus in the treasury, teaching in the temple, and no one seized him, because his hour had not yet come;
21 therefore said Jesus again to them, `I go away, and ye will seek me, and in your sin ye shall die; whither I go away, ye are not able to come.'
22 The Jews, therefore, said, `Will he kill himself, because he saith, Whither I go away, ye are not able to come?'
23 and he said to them, `Ye are from beneath, I am from above; ye are of this world, I am not of this world;
24 I said, therefore, to you, that ye shall die in your sins, for if ye may not believe that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins.'
25 They said, therefore, to him, `Thou -- who art thou?' and Jesus said to them, `Even what I did speak of to you at the beginning;
26 many things I have to speak concerning you and to judge, but He who sent me is true, and I -- what things I heard from Him -- these I say to the world.'
27 They knew not that of the Father he spake to them;
28 Jesus, therefore, said to them, `When ye may lift up the Son of Man then ye will know that I am [he]; and of myself I do nothing, but according as my Father did teach me, these things I speak;
29 and He who sent me is with me; the Father did not leave me alone, because I, the things pleasing to Him, do always.'
30 As he is speaking these things, many believed in him;
31 Jesus, therefore, said unto the Jews who believed in him, `If ye may remain in my word, truly my disciples ye are, and ye shall know the truth,
32 and the truth shall make you free.'
33 They answered him, `Seed of Abraham we are; and to no one have we been servants at any time; how dost thou say -- Ye shall become free?'
34 Jesus answered them, `Verily, verily, I say to you -- Every one who is committing sin, is a servant of the sin,
35 and the servant doth not remain in the house -- to the age, the son doth remain -- to the age;
36 if then the son may make you free, in reality ye shall be free.
37 `I have known that ye are seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you;
38 I -- that which I have seen with my Father do speak, and ye, therefore, that which ye have seen with your father -- ye do.'
39 They answered and said to him, `Our father is Abraham;' Jesus saith to them, `If children of Abraham ye were, the works of Abraham ye were doing;
40 and now, ye seek to kill me -- a man who hath spoken to you the truth I heard from God; this Abraham did not;
41 ye do the works of your father.' They said, therefore, to him, `We of whoredom have not been born; one Father we have -- God;'
42 Jesus then said to them, `If God were your father, ye were loving me, for I came forth from God, and am come; for neither have I come of myself, but He sent me;
43 wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word.
44 `Ye are of a father -- the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar -- also his father.
45 `And because I say the truth, ye do not believe me.
46 Who of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me?
47 he who is of God, the sayings of God he doth hear; because of this ye do not hear, because of God ye are not.'
48 The Jews, therefore, answered and said to him, `Do we not say well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?'
49 Jesus answered, `I have not a demon, but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me;
50 and I do not seek my own glory; there is who is seeking and is judging;
51 verily, verily, I say to you, If any one may keep my word, death he may not see -- to the age.'
52 The Jews, therefore, said to him, `Now we have known that thou hast a demon; Abraham did die, and the prophets, and thou dost say, If any one may keep my word, he shall not taste of death -- to the age!
53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died; whom dost thou make thyself?'
54 Jesus answered, `If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who is glorifying me, of whom ye say that He is your God;
55 and ye have not known Him, and I have known Him, and if I say that I have not known Him, I shall be like you -- speaking falsely; but I have known Him, and His word I keep;
56 Abraham, your father, was glad that he might see my day; and he saw, and did rejoice.'
57 The Jews, therefore, said unto him, `Thou art not yet fifty years old, and Abraham hast thou seen?'
58 Jesus said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming -- I am;'
59 they took up, therefore, stones that they may cast at him, but Jesus hid himself, and went forth out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.
Juan 8
Magandang Balita Biblia
8 Si Jesus naman ay pumunta sa Bundok ng mga Olibo. 2 Kinabukasan, maaga pa'y nagbalik na siya sa Templo. Lumapit sa kanya ang lahat ng mga tao. Umupo siya at nagsimulang magturo. 3 Dumating noon ang mga tagapagturo ng Kautusan at mga Pariseo na may dalang isang babaing nahuli sa pangangalunya. Iniharap nila ito sa karamihan, 4 at sinabi kay Jesus, “Guro, ang babaing ito'y nahuli sa aktong pangangalunya. 5 Ayon(A) sa Kautusan ni Moises, dapat batuhin hanggang sa mamatay ang mga katulad niya. Ano naman ang masasabi ninyo?” 6 Itinanong nila ito upang subukin siya, at nang may maiparatang sila laban sa kanya.
Ngunit yumuko lamang si Jesus at sumulat sa lupa sa pamamagitan ng daliri.
7 Patuloy(B) sila sa pagtatanong kaya't tumayo si Jesus at nagsalita, “Ang sinuman sa inyo na walang kasalanan ang siyang maunang bumato sa kanya.” 8 At muli siyang yumuko at sumulat sa lupa.
9 Nang marinig nila iyon, sila'y isa-isang umalis, simula sa pinakamatanda. Iniwan nila ang babaing nakatayo sa harap ni Jesus. 10 Tumayo si Jesus at tinanong ang babae, “Nasaan sila? Wala na bang humahatol sa iyo?”
11 “Wala po, Ginoo,” sagot ng babae.
Sinabi ni Jesus, “Hindi rin kita hahatulan. Umuwi ka na, at mula ngayon ay huwag ka nang gumawa ng kasalanan.”][a]
Patotoo tungkol kay Jesus
12 Muling(C) nagsalita si Jesus sa mga tao. Sinabi niya, “Ako ang ilaw ng sanlibutan. Ang sumusunod sa akin ay magkakaroon ng ilaw sa kanyang buhay at di na lalakad sa kadiliman.”
13 Sinabi(D) sa kanya ng mga Pariseo, “Ikaw lang ang nagpapatotoo tungkol sa iyong sarili; walang katotohanan ang ganyang patotoo.”
14 Sumagot si Jesus, “Kung nagpapatotoo man ako tungkol sa aking sarili, totoo ang aking sinasabi, sapagkat alam ko kung saan ako nanggaling at kung saan ako pupunta. Ngunit hindi ninyo alam ang aking pinanggalingan at ang aking pupuntahan. 15 Humahatol kayo ayon sa mga pamantayan ng tao, ngunit hindi ako humahatol kaninuman. 16 At humatol man ako, tama ang aking paghatol, sapagkat hindi ako nag-iisa sa aking paghatol, kundi kasama ko ang Ama na nagsugo sa akin. 17 Nasusulat(E) sa inyong Kautusan na dapat tanggapin ang patotoo ng dalawang saksi. 18 Nagpatotoo ako tungkol sa aking sarili, at nagpapatotoo rin ang Ama na nagsugo sa akin.”
19 Siya'y tinanong nila, “Nasaan ang iyong ama?”
Sumagot si Jesus, “Hindi ninyo ako kilala, at hindi rin ninyo kilala ang aking Ama. Kung kilala ninyo ako, kilala rin ninyo siya.”
20 Ito'y sinabi ni Jesus nang siya'y nagtuturo sa Templo, sa may lalagyan ng mga alay. Ngunit walang nangahas na humuli sa kanya sapagkat hindi pa dumating ang kanyang takdang oras.
Ang Nagsugo kay Jesus
21 Muling sinabi ni Jesus sa kanila, “Ako'y aalis at hahanapin ninyo ako; ngunit hindi kayo makakapunta sa pupuntahan ko. Mamamatay kayo sa inyong mga kasalanan.”
22 Nag-usap-usap ang mga Judio, “Magpapakamatay kaya siya kaya niya sinabing ‘Hindi kayo makakapunta sa pupuntahan ko’?”
23 Kaya't sinabi ni Jesus, “Kayo'y mula dito sa ibaba, ako'y mula sa itaas. Kayo'y taga-sanlibutang ito, ngunit ako'y hindi. 24 Sinabi ko sa inyong mamamatay kayo sa inyong mga kasalanan. Kung hindi kayo maniniwalang ‘Ako'y Ako Nga’, mamamatay kayo sa inyong mga kasalanan.”
25 “Sino ka nga bang talaga?” tanong nila.
Sumagot si Jesus, “Sinabi ko na sa inyo noong simula pa lamang kung sino ako. 26 Marami akong masasabi at maihahatol laban sa inyo. Ngunit totoo at dapat paniwalaan ang nagsugo sa akin, at ang narinig ko sa kanya ang ipinapahayag ko sa sanlibutan.”
27 Hindi nila nauunawaan na ang Ama ang tinutukoy niya. 28 Kaya't sinabi ni Jesus, “Kapag naitaas na ninyo ang Anak ng Tao, malalaman ninyong ‘Ako'y Ako Nga.’ Wala akong ginagawa batay sa sarili kong kapangyarihan. Ang ipinapasabi lamang ng Ama ang siya kong sinasabi, 29 at kasama ko ang nagsugo sa akin at hindi niya ako iniiwan, sapagkat lagi kong ginagawa ang kalugud-lugod sa kanya.”
30 Maraming nakarinig nito ang naniwala sa kanya.
Ang Katotohanan ang Magpapalaya sa Inyo
31 Sinabi naman ni Jesus sa mga Judiong naniniwala sa kanya, “Kung patuloy kayong susunod sa aking turo, kayo nga'y tunay na mga alagad ko. 32 Makikilala ninyo ang katotohanan, at ang katotohanan ang magpapalaya sa inyo.”
33 Sumagot(F) sila, “Kami ay mula sa lahi ni Abraham, at kailanma'y hindi kami naalipin ninuman. Paano mo masasabing palalayain kami?”
34 Sumagot si Jesus, “Pakatandaan ninyo: ang gumagawa ng kasalanan ay alipin ng kasalanan. 35 Ang alipin ay hindi kabilang sa pamilya sa habang panahon, subalit ang anak ay kabilang magpakailanman. 36 Kung ang Anak ang magpalaya sa inyo, kayo nga'y magiging tunay na malaya. 37 Alam kong kayo'y mula sa lahi ni Abraham, gayunma'y pinagsisikapan ninyo akong patayin, sapagkat ayaw ninyong tanggapin ang aking turo. 38 Ang nakita ko sa aking Ama ang siya kong sinasabi sa inyo, at ang narinig ninyo sa inyong ama ang siya namang ginagawa ninyo.”
Ang Diyablo ang Inyong Ama
39 Sumagot sila, “Si Abraham ang aming ama.”
Sinabi sa kanila ni Jesus, “Kung kayo'y tunay na mga anak ni Abraham, gagawin sana ninyo ang kanyang ginawa. 40 Sinasabi ko lang ang katotohanang narinig ko mula sa Diyos ngunit pinagsisikapan ninyong ako'y patayin. Hindi ganoon ang ginawa ni Abraham. 41 Ang ginagawa ninyo'y tulad ng ginawa ng inyong ama.”
Sumagot sila, “Hindi kami mga anak sa labas. Iisa ang aming Ama, ang Diyos.”
42 Sinabi ni Jesus, “Kung talagang ang Diyos ang inyong Ama, inibig sana ninyo ako, sapagkat sa Diyos ako nanggaling. Hindi ako naparito sa sarili kong kagustuhan, kundi isinugo niya ako. 43 Bakit di ninyo maunawaan ang sinasabi ko? Hindi ba't ito'y dahil sa ayaw ninyong tanggapin ang itinuturo ko? 44 Ang(G) diyablo ang inyong ama! At ang gusto ninyong gawin ay kung ano ang gusto niya. Sa simula pa lang ay mamamatay-tao na siya. Hindi siya pumanig sa katotohanan kailanman, sapagkat walang puwang sa kanya ang katotohanan. Kapag nagsasalita siya ng kasinungalingan, nagsasalita siya ayon sa kanyang kalikasan sapagkat siya'y sinungaling, at siya ang ama ng kasinungalingan. 45 Ayaw ninyong maniwala sa akin sapagkat katotohanan ang sinasabi ko sa inyo. 46 Sino sa inyo ang maaaring magpatunay na ako'y nagkasala? At kung katotohanan ang sinasabi ko, bakit ayaw ninyong maniwala sa akin? 47 Ang mula sa Diyos ay nakikinig sa mga salita ng Diyos, subalit ayaw ninyong makinig sa akin sapagkat kayo'y hindi mula sa Diyos.”
Si Jesus at si Abraham
48 Sinabi ng mga Judio kay Jesus, “Hindi ba tama ang sinabi naming ikaw ay Samaritano at sinasapian ng demonyo?”
49 Sumagot si Jesus, “Hindi ako sinasapian ng demonyo. Pinaparangalan ko ang aking Ama ngunit ako'y nilalapastangan ninyo. 50 Hindi ako naghahangad na ako'y parangalan; may isang nagsisikap na ako'y parangalan, at siya ang hahatol. 51 Pakatandaan ninyo: ang tumutupad ng aking salita ay hindi mamamatay kailanman.”
52 Sinabi ng mga Judio, “Ngayo'y natitiyak naming sinasapian ka nga ng demonyo. Namatay si Abraham at ang mga propeta, ngunit sinasabi mong hindi mamamatay kailanman ang sinumang tumutupad ng iyong aral. 53 Mas magaling ka pa ba kaysa sa aming amang si Abraham? Siya'y namatay, gayundin ang mga propeta. Ano ba ang palagay mo sa iyong sarili?”
54 Sumagot si Jesus, “Kung ako ang nagpaparangal sa aking sarili, walang kabuluhan iyon. Ang nagpaparangal sa akin ay ang aking Ama na sinasabi ninyong Diyos ninyo. 55 Hindi ninyo siya kilala, ngunit siya'y kilala ko. Kung sasabihin kong hindi ko siya kilala, ako'y magiging sinungaling na tulad ninyo. Subalit kilala ko siya at tinutupad ko ang kanyang salita. 56 Natuwa ang inyong amang si Abraham nang malaman niyang makikita niya ang araw ng aking pagdating. Nakita nga niya ito at siya'y nagalak.”
57 Dahil dito'y sinabi sa kanya ng mga Judio, “Wala ka pang limampung taong gulang, paano mo masasabing nakita mo na si Abraham?”[b]
58 Sumagot si Jesus, “Pakatandaan ninyo: bago pa ipinanganak si Abraham, ‘Ako ay Ako Na’.”
59 Nagsidampot sila ng bato upang siya'y batuhin, ngunit nagtago si Jesus at lumabas ng Templo.
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