John 8:18
New International Version
I am one who testifies for myself; my other witness is the Father, who sent me.”

New Living Translation
I am one witness, and my Father who sent me is the other.”

English Standard Version
I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.”

Berean Standard Bible
I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me, also testifies about Me.”

Berean Literal Bible
I am One bearing witness concerning Myself, and the Father having sent Me bears witness concerning Me."

King James Bible
I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.

New King James Version
I am One who bears witness of Myself, and the Father who sent Me bears witness of Me.”

New American Standard Bible
I am He who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.”

NASB 1995
“I am He who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.”

NASB 1977
“I am He who bears witness of Myself, and the Father who sent Me bears witness of Me.”

Legacy Standard Bible
I am He who bears witness about Myself, and the Father who sent Me bears witness about Me.”

Amplified Bible
I am One [of the Two] who testifies about Myself, and My Father who sent Me testifies about Me.”

Christian Standard Bible
I am the one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I am the One who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me.”

American Standard Version
I am he that beareth witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“I AM THE LIVING GOD, I who testify about myself, and my Father who has sent me has testified about Me.”

Contemporary English Version
I am one of my witnesses, and the Father who sent me is the other one.

Douay-Rheims Bible
I am one that give testimony of myself: and the Father that sent me giveth testimony of me.

English Revised Version
I am he that beareth witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I testify on my own behalf, and so does the Father who sent me."

Good News Translation
I testify on my own behalf, and the Father who sent me also testifies on my behalf."

International Standard Version
I'm testifying about myself, and the Father who sent me is testifying about me."

Literal Standard Version
I am [One] who is testifying of Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies of Me.”

Majority Standard Bible
I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me, also testifies about Me.”

New American Bible
I testify on my behalf and so does the Father who sent me.”

NET Bible
I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies about me."

New Revised Standard Version
I testify on my own behalf, and the Father who sent me testifies on my behalf.”

New Heart English Bible
I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me."

Webster's Bible Translation
I am one that testifieth concerning myself; and the Father that sent me, testifieth concerning me.

Weymouth New Testament
I am one giving testimony about myself, and the Father who sent me gives testimony about me."

World English Bible
I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”

Young's Literal Translation
I am one who is testifying of myself, and the Father who sent me doth testify of me.'

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Context
The Woman Caught in Adultery
17Even in your own Law it is written that the testimony of two men is valid. 18I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me, also testifies about Me.” 19“Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”…

Cross References
Numbers 35:30
If anyone kills a person, the murderer is to be put to death on the testimony of the witnesses. But no one is to be put to death based on the testimony of a lone witness.

John 5:37
And the Father who sent Me has Himself testified about Me. You have never heard His voice nor seen His form,

1 John 5:9
Even if we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is greater. For this is the testimony that God has given about His Son.


Treasury of Scripture

I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me bears witness of me.

one.

John 8:12,25,38,51,58
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life…

John 10:9,11,14,30
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture…

John 11:25
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

and.

John 5:31-40
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true…

Hebrews 2:4
God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?

1 John 5:6-12
This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth…

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John 8
1. Jesus delivers the woman taken in adultery.
12. He declares himself the light of the world, and justifies his doctrine;
31. promises freedom to those who believe;
33. answers the Jews who boasted of Abraham;
48. answers their reviling, by showing his authority and dignity;
59. and slips away from those who would stone him.














(18) I am one that bear witness of myself.--The Greek has no word to express the English "one." It is more exactly, I am He who beareth witness. The twofold witness is (1) in His own individuality--I, who know whence I came and whither I go, testify of Myself to you who know neither; and (2) in the fact that the Father sent Him. He is the Ambassador from the Father, accredited by the Father's works and the voice from heaven, and His word is official as well as personal.

The thought is closely connected with that of John 8:16. His judgment is not individual judgment, because of the union with the Father. His witness is not only individual witness, but that of the Father also. The whole passage should be carefully compared with the close of John 5.

Verse 18. - I am the (one) that bears witness concerning myself - I have said it, and abide by it, and I know what I say and how fully I am fulfilling these words - and the Father that sent me heareth witness concerning me. His words reflected his own Divine self-consciousness. They bore one witness to his unique position. They brought out the inner thoughts of Christ, and revealed the life that was light. The word, the speech, of Christ was a fire kindled which would never be extinguished - it was the formal utterance of the eternal reality but it did not stand alone. The Father that sent him, by a long chain of events and revelations, by miracles and mighty energies, by the conference of the spirit of conviction upon the minds that gave candid attention to his verbal testimony, by the providential concurrence of facts with prophetic anticipation, was bearing witness concerning him. The argument is sufficient, so soon as we admit the terms used by Jesus, so soon as we recognize the ideas of the Son of God and of the Father, both alike revealed in the Person of Christ. We can understand, and to some extent sympathize with, the perplexity of the Pharisees. Later experiences have made it easier for us to understand the testimony of the Father, the presence and witness of God over and above the testimony of men and coincident with it (cf. John 15:27; Hebrews 2:4). All great spiritual revivals have given ample proof of the twofold testimony (see 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Romans 8:17, where Paul, the writer of the Epistle, shows himself familiar with this "Johannine" thought; cf. Hebrews 2:4).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
I
ἐγώ (egō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

am
εἰμι (eimi)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

[One]
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

who testifies
μαρτυρῶν (martyrōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3140: To witness, bear witness, give evidence, testify, give a good report. From martus; to be a witness, i.e. Testify.

about
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

Myself,
ἐμαυτοῦ (emautou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1683: Genitive case compound of emou and autos; of myself so likewise the dative case emautoi em-ow-to', and accusative case emauton em-ow-ton'.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Father,
Πατήρ (Patēr)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

[who] sent
πέμψας (pempsas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3992: To send, transmit, permit to go, put forth.

Me,
με (me)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

[also] testifies
μαρτυρεῖ (martyrei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3140: To witness, bear witness, give evidence, testify, give a good report. From martus; to be a witness, i.e. Testify.

about
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

Me.”
ἐμοῦ (emou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.


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