John 8:23

and he said to them, 'Ye are from beneath, I am from above; ye are of this world, I am not of this world;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

In Context

22The Jews, therefore, said, 'Will he kill himself, because he saith, Whither I go away, ye are not able to come?'

24I 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.'

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Cross References

Psalms 17:4As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;

John 3:13and no one hath gone up to the heaven, except he who out of the heaven came down — the Son of Man who is in the heaven.

John 15:18if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you;

John 17:16'Of the world they are not, as I of the world am not;

1 Corinthians 15:47The first man [is] out of the earth, earthy; the second man [is] the Lord out of heaven;

James 3:15this wisdom is not descending from above, but earthly, physical, demon-like,

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 →

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