John 8:42

Translations

Modern

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.

Traditional

Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.

Literal

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I came forth from God and am here; for neither have I come of Myself, but He sent Me.

Latin

Dixit ergo eis Jesus: Si Deus pater vester esset, diligeretis utique et me; ego enim ex Deo processi, et veni: neque enim a meipso veni, sed ille me misit.

Interlinear

Greek

English

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.

Notes

John 8:12–59

The debate about whether Jesus is the Messiah continues from 7:52. Jesus remained at the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem. During the feast, the conflicts Jesus encountered in chapter 7 continued and intensified.

Theme notes and profiles

Abraham

Events

Light of the World/I am discoursec. AD 29

Related verses

John 12:49
I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
John 14:10
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.
John 17:8
For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.
John 17:25
Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
John 15:23–24
Whoever hates Me hates My Father as well.
Malachi 1:6
“A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’
John 1:14
The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
1 John 5:1–2
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.
1 John 4:14
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
John 5:43
I have come in My Father’s name, and you have not received Me; but if someone else comes in his own name, you will receive him.
1 Corinthians 16:22
If anyone does not love the Lord, let him be under a curse. Come, O Lord!
John 7:28–29
Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,

Parallels

2 John 1:4–6

People

Jesus: The Son of God and Savior of the world

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Humility John, Gospel of Peter, the Apostle

Topics

Blindness: Spiritual Fornication God: Fatherhood of Jesus, the Christ: Relation of, to the Father Jesus, the Christ: Son of God Love to Christ: An Evidence of Adoption Love: 0F Man for Jesus Righteous: Described Self-Righteousness: Pharisees

John 8:42

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