The Light Of The World

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John 8:12 - 59 (NASB) Jesus Is the Light of the World 12Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, “aJohn 1:4; 9:5; 12:35 I am the Light of the world; bMatt 5:14he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life.” 13So the Pharisees said to Him, “aJohn 5:31You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not [S]Or valid true.” 14Jesus answered and said to them, “aJohn 18:37; Rev 1:5; 3:14 Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is [T]Or valid true, for I know bJohn 8:42; 13:3; 16:28 where I came from and where I am going; but cJohn 7:28; 9:29you do not know where I come from or where I am going. 15“a1 Sam 16:7; John 7:24 You judge [U]I.e. by a carnal standard according to the flesh; bJohn 3:17I am not judging anyone. 16“But even aJohn 5:30if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me. 17“Even in aDeut 17:6; 19:15 your law it has been written that the testimony of bMatt 18:16two men is [V]I.e. valid or admissible true. 18“I am He who testifies about Myself, and aJohn 5:37; 1 John 5:9the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.” 19So they were saying to Him, “Where is Your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father; aJohn 7:28; 8:55; 14:7, 9; 16:3if you knew Me, you would know My Father also.” 20These words He spoke in aMark 12:41, 43; Luke 21:1 the treasury, as bJohn 7:14; 8:2 He taught in the temple; and no one seized Him, because cJohn 7:30His hour had not yet come. 21Then He said again to them, “I go away, and aJohn 7:34 you will seek Me, and bJohn 8:24will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come.” 22So aJohn 1:19; 8:48, 52, 57 the Jews were saying, “Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, ‘bJohn 7:35Where I am going, you cannot come’?” 23And He was saying to them, “aJohn 3:31 You are from below, I am from above; b1 John 4:5 you are of this world, cJohn 17:14, 16I am not of this world. 24“Therefore I said to you that you aJohn 8:21 will die in your sins; for unless you believe that [W]bMatt 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; 8:28, 58; 13:19I am He, aJohn 8:21 you will die in your sins.” 25So they were saying to Him, “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, “[X]What have I been saying to you from the beginning? 26“I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but aJohn 3:33; 7:28 He who sent Me is true; and bJohn 8:40; 12:49; 15:15the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world.” 27They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father. 28So Jesus said, “When you aJohn 3:14; 12:32 lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that [Y]Lit I AM (v 24 note) bMatt 24:5; Mark 13:6; Luke 21:8; John 4:26; 8:24, 58; 13:19 I am He, and cJohn 3:11; 5:19I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me. 29“And He who sent Me is with Me; aJohn 8:16; 16:32 He [Z]Or did not leave has not left Me alone, for bJohn 4:34I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.” 30As He spoke these things, aJohn 7:31many came to believe in Him. The Truth Will Make You Free 31So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, “aJohn 15:7; 2 John 9 If you continue in My word, then you are truly bJohn 2:2disciples of Mine; 32and aJohn 1:14, 17 you will know the truth, and bJohn 8:36; Rom 8:2; 2 Cor 3:17; Gal 5:1, 13; James 2:12; 1 Pet 2:16the truth will make you free.” 33They answered Him, “aMatt 3:9; Luke 3:8; John 8:37, 39We are Abraham’s descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, ‘You will become free’?” 34Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, aRom 6:16; 2 Pet 2:19everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. 35“aGen 21:10; Gal 4:30 The slave does not remain in the house forever; bLuke 15:31the son does remain forever. 36“So if the Son aJohn 8:32makes you free, you will be free indeed. 37“I know that you are aMatt 3:9; John 8:39 Abraham’s descendants; yet bJohn 7:1; 8:40you seek to kill Me, because My word [A]Or makes no progress has no place in you. 38“I speak the things which I have seen [B]Or in the presence of with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from aJohn 8:41, 44your father.” 39They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is aMatt 3:9; John 8:37 our father.” Jesus *said to them, “bRom 9:7; Gal 3:7If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham. 40“But as it is, aJohn 7:1; 8:37 you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has bJohn 8:26told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do. 41“You are doing the deeds of aJohn 8:38, 44 your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; bDeut 32:6; Is 63:16; 64:8we have one Father: God.” 42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, a1 John 5:1 you would love Me, bJohn 13:3; 16:28, 30; 17:8 for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have cJohn 7:28 not even come on My own initiative, but [C]Lit that One dJohn 3:17He sent Me. 43“Why do you not understand [D]Or My way of speaking aJohn 8:33, 39, 41 what I am saying? It is because you cannot bJohn 5:25hear My word. 44“a1 John 3:8 You are of bJohn 8:38, 41 your father the devil, and cJohn 7:17 you want to do the desires of your father. dGen 3:4; 1 John 3:8, 15 He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because e1 John 2:4 there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks [E]Lit the lie a lie, he fMatt 12:34speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of [F]Lit it lies. 45“But because aJohn 18:37I speak the truth, you do not believe Me. 46“Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If aJohn 18:37I speak truth, why do you not believe Me? 47“a1 John 4:6He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.” 48aJohn 1:19 The Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a bMatt 10:5; John 4:9 Samaritan and cJohn 7:20have a demon?” 49Jesus answered, “I do not aJohn 7:20have a demon; but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me. 50“But aJohn 5:41; 8:54I do not seek My glory; there is One who seeks and judges. 51“Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone aJohn 8:55; 14:23; 15:20; 17:6 keeps My word he will never bMatt 16:28; Luke 2:26; John 8:52; Heb 2:9; 11:5see death.” 52aJohn 1:19 The Jews said to Him, “Now we know that You bJohn 7:20 have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets also; and You say, ‘If anyone cJohn 8:55; 14:23; 15:20; 17:6 keeps My word, he will never dJohn 8:51taste of death.’ 53“Surely You aJohn 4:12are not greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died too; whom do You make Yourself out to be?” 54Jesus answered, “aJohn 8:50 If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; bJohn 7:39it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God’; 55and aJohn 8:19; 15:21 you have not come to know Him, bJohn 7:29 but I know Him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I will be cJohn 8:44 a liar like you, bJohn 7:29 but I do know Him and dJohn 8:51; 15:10keep His word. 56“aJohn 8:37, 39 Your father Abraham bMatt 13:17; Heb 11:13rejoiced [G]Lit in order that he might see to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.” 57aJohn 1:19So the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?” 58Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham [H]Lit came into being was born, aEx 3:14; John 1:1; 17:5, 24I am.” 59Therefore they aMatt 12:14; John 10:31; 11:8 picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus [I]Lit was hidden bJohn 12:36hid Himself and went out of the temple. John 8:12 - 59 (NASB)