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8:14
uJn 13:3; 16:28
vJn 7:28; 9:29
8:15
wJn 7:24
xJn 3:17
8:16
5:30
yJn
8:17
zDt 17:6; Mt 18:16
8:18
5:37
aJn
8:19
bJn 16:3
cJn 14:7; 1Jn 2:23
8:20
26:55
12:41
fMt 26:18; Jn 7:30
dMt
eMk
8:21
gEze 3:18
hJn 7:34; 13:33
8:23
iJn 3:31; 17:14
8:24
4:26; 13:19
jJn
8:26
7:28
3:32; 15:15
kJn
lJn
8:28
3:14; 5:19; 12:32
mJn
8:29
nver 16; Jn 16:32
oJn 4:34; 5:30; 6:38
8:30
pJn 7:31
8:31
qJn 15:7; 2Jn 9
8:32
rRo 8:2; Jas 2:12
8:33
37,39; Mt 3:9
sver
8:34
6:16; 2Pe 2:19
tRo
8:35
uGal
4:30
8:37
39,40
vver
8:38
wJn 5:19,30;
14:10,24
8:39
37; Ro 9:7;
Gal 3:7
xver
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J ohn
8:40
14 Jesus answered, “Even if I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is valid, for I know
here I came from and where I am going. u But you have no idea w
w
here I come from v or
where I am going. 15You judge by human standards; w I pass judgment on no one. x 16But
if I do judge, my decisions are true, because I am not alone. I stand with the Father, who
sent me. y 17In your own Law it is written that the testimony of two witnesses is true. z 18I
am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.” a
19 Then they asked him, “Where is your father?”
“You do not know me or my Father,” b Jesus replied. “If you knew me, you would
know my Father also.” c 20He spoke these words while teaching d in the temple courts
near the place where the offerings were put. e Yet no one seized him, because his hour
had not yet come. f
Jesus Warns of Coming Judgment (127 )
21 Once more Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for me, and you
will die g in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come.” h
22 This made the Jews ask, “Will he kill himself ? Is that why he says, ‘Where I go, you
cannot come’?”
23 But he continued, “You are from below; I am from a
bove. You are of this w
orld; I am
not of this world. i 24I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that
I am he, j you will indeed die in your sins.”
25 “Who are you?” they asked.
“Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied. 26“I have much
eard
to say in judgment of you. But he who sent me is trustworthy, k and what I have h
from him I tell the world.” l
27 They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father. 28 So Jesus said,
“When you have lifted up a the Son of Man, m then you will know that I am he and that I
do nothing on my own but s peak just what the Father has t aught me. 29The one who sent
me is with me; he has not left me alone, n for I always do what pleases him.” o 30Even as
he spoke, many believed in him. p
Jesus Speaks about God’s True Children (128 )
31 To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, q you
are really my disciples. 32Then you will know the t ruth, and the t ruth will set you free.” r
33 They answered him, “We are Abraham’s descendants s and have never been s
laves
of anyone. How can you say that we shall be set free?”
34 Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, everyone who sins is a s
lave to sin. t 35Now a
slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. u 36So if the
Son sets you free, you will be free indeed. 37I know that you are Abraham’s descendants.
Yet you are looking for a way to kill me, v because you have no room for my word. 38I am
telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence, w and you are doing what you have
heard from your father. b ”
39 “Abraham is our father,” they answered.
ould c do what Abraham
“If you were Abraham’s children,” x said J esus, “then you w
did. 40As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth
a
28 The Greek for lifted up also means exalted. b 38 Or presence. Therefore do what you have heard from
the Father. c 39 Some early manuscripts “If you are Abraham’s children,” said Jesus, “then
Because most of the Pharisees refused to consider the third alternative,
they never recognized him as the Messiah and Lord. If you are seeking
to know who Jesus is, do not close any door before looking through it
honestly. Only with a mind open to him will you know the truth that he
is the Messiah and Lord.
8:20 The temple treasury was located in the Court of Women. Thirteen collection boxes were set up in this area to receive offerings of
money. Seven of the boxes were for the temple tax; the other six were
for freewill offerings. On another occasion, a widow placed her money
in one of these boxes and Jesus taught a profound lesson from her
action (Luke 21:1-4).
8:24 People will die in their sins if they reject Jesus because they are
rejecting the only way to be rescued from sin. Sadly, many are so taken
up with the values of this world that they are blind to the priceless gift
Jesus offers. Where are you looking? Don’t focus on this world’s values
and miss what is most valuable—eternal life with God.
8:32 Jesus himself is the truth that sets us free (8:36). He is the source
of truth, the perfect standard of what is right. He frees us from continued slavery to sin, from self-deception, and from deception by Satan.
He shows us clearly the way to eternal life with God. Thus, Jesus does
not give us freedom to pursue harmful actions or dangerous beliefs
but freedom to have new and overflowing life as we follow him (see
10:10). As we seek to serve God, Jesus’ perfect truth frees us to be all
that he created us to be.
8:34-35 Sin has a way of enslaving us, controlling us, dominating us,
and dictating our actions. Jesus can free you from this slavery that keeps
you from becoming the person God created you to be. If sin is restraining,
mastering, or enslaving you, Jesus can break its power over your life.