Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. New Living Translation Jesus continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You belong to this world; I do not. English Standard Version He said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. Berean Standard Bible Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. Berean Literal Bible And He was saying to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. King James Bible And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. New King James Version And He said to them, “You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. New American Standard Bible And He was saying to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. NASB 1995 And He was saying to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. NASB 1977 And He was saying to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. Legacy Standard Bible And He was saying to them, “You are from below, I am from above. You are of this world, I am not of this world. Amplified Bible He said to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. Christian Standard Bible “You are from below,” he told them, “I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. Holman Christian Standard Bible “You are from below,” He told them, “I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. American Standard 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. Contemporary English Version Jesus answered, "You are from below, but I am from above. You belong to this world, but I don't. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation Jesus said to them, "You're from below. I'm from above. You're from this world. I'm not from this world. Good News Translation Jesus answered, "You belong to this world here below, but I come from above. You are from this world, but I am not from this world. International Standard Version He told them, "You are from below, I'm from above. You are of this world, but I'm not of this world. Majority Standard Bible Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. NET Bible Jesus replied, "You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world. New Heart English Bible He said to them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world. Webster's Bible Translation And he said to them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. Weymouth New Testament "You," He continued, "are from below, I am from above: you are of this present world, I am not of this present world. World English Bible He said to them, “You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd He said to them, “You are from beneath, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world; Berean Literal Bible And He was saying to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. Young's Literal Translation and he said to them, 'Ye are from beneath, I am from above; ye are of this world, I am not of this world; Smith's Literal Translation And he said to them, Ye are from below I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd he said to them: You are from beneath, I am from above. You are of this world, I am not of this world. Catholic Public Domain Version And he said to them: “You are from below. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world. New American Bible He said to them, “You belong to what is below, I belong to what is above. You belong to this world, but I do not belong to this world. New Revised Standard Version He said to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd he said to them, You are from be- low, and I am from above; you are of this world, but I am not of this world. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he said to them, “You are from below and I am from above. You are from this world; I am not from this world.” NT Translations Anderson New TestamentAnd he said to them: You are from beneath, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. Godbey New Testament And He said to them, Haweis New Testament And he said to them, Ye are from those beneath; I am from those above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. Mace New Testament and he said to them, ye are from beneath, I am from above: ye are of this world, I am not of this world. Weymouth New Testament "You," He continued, "are from below, I am from above: you are of this present world, I am not of this present world. Worrell New Testament And He said to them, Worsley New Testament And He said unto them, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Woman Caught in Adultery…22So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” 23Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. 24That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”… Cross References John 3:31 The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all. John 17:14-16 I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. / I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one. / They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Colossians 3:1-2 Therefore, since you have been raised with Christ, strive for the things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. / Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. Philippians 3:20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, 1 John 4:5-6 They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them. / We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception. John 18:36 Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.” Romans 8:5-6 Those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh; but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. / The mind of the flesh is death, but the mind of the Spirit is life and peace, 1 Corinthians 15:47-49 The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven. / As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven. / And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man. Ephesians 2:6 And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with Him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, 2 Corinthians 5:1-2 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. / For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling, Isaiah 55:8-9 “For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. Psalm 113:5-6 Who is like the LORD our God, the One enthroned on high? / He humbles Himself to behold the heavens and the earth. Proverbs 15:24 The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol. Isaiah 45:22 Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other. Jeremiah 23:23-24 “Am I only a God nearby,” declares the LORD, “and not a God far away?” / “Can a man hide in secret places where I cannot see him?” declares the LORD. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?” declares the LORD. Treasury of Scripture And he said to them, You are from beneath; I am from above: you are of this world; I am not of this world. Ye are from. John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. John 3:13,31 And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven… Psalm 17:4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. ye are of. John 15:18,19 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you… John 17:14,16 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world… James 4:4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Jump to Previous Below Beneath Continued Earth Heaven Present WorldJump to Next Below Beneath Continued Earth Heaven Present WorldJohn 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. But He continued This phrase indicates a continuation of Jesus' discourse, emphasizing His persistent effort to communicate profound truths to His audience. The Greek word for "continued" (ἔλεγεν, elegen) suggests an ongoing dialogue, reflecting Jesus' patience and determination to reveal His divine identity and mission. This persistence is a testament to His love and desire for all to understand and accept the truth. You are from below I am from above You are of this world I am not of this world "Ye are from beneath;" "ye are of this world." "I am from above" (not from beneath); "I am not of this world." We have thus the full Hebrew expression of one thought, and this is the thought which John the Baptist, from another point of view, taught his disciples in John 3:31. They are by origin and nature of the earth. He was by origin and nature from heaven. Of the earth, their feelings and thoughts and life were of the earth, and, by devotion to things of the earth, they are destroying the spirit made in the image of God, which is within them, and the link between them and heaven. He is from heaven in origin, and is divine in nature. He has come to reveal the heavenly and the divine to the earthly and the human. In Him, and in Him only, can their spirits find deliverance from sin, and find the true life; for in Him, and in Him only, the divine and the human meet. Verse 23. - Yet this essential divergence is not based on fatalistic grounds, but on moral ones. The argument of the twenty-fourth verse explains the description of ver. 23. The ground of this utter alienation is the lack of belief, which will leave them in their sins to die. He said to them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above. You spring from the lower as opposed to the higher world; you are influenced by considerations drawn from the earthly, sensual, superficial, and transitory. It is not necessary to suppose that our Lord is clenching the Jews' harsh speech about the underworld with a tu-quoque, as though they verily belonged to the Gehenna to which they were consigning him; for the next pair of clauses are in parallel apposition with the former. In the words, Ye are of this world; I am not of this world, "This world" corresponds with the τῶν κάτω of the previous clause, and the "not of this world" corresponds with the τὰ ἄνω, the heavenly regions from which he has continually declared, in many varieties of phrase, that he had come, or descended, or been sent. Certainly and broadly speaking, this is true, as a contrast between Christ and all other men before their regeneration. Our Lord especially charges home upon these earth-bound souls, on these purely human, selfish, unspiritual, unrenewed, unbelieving men, this antagonism to himself, this refusal to walk in his light or receive his life. "That which is born of the flesh is flesh" (John 3:6). They are flesh. He does not exclude them forever from such participation in his own heavenly life as would reverse the descriptive and characteristic features of their being. The reason why they have not seen the kingdom or the King is that they are not born of the Spirit.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek ThenΚαὶ (Kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. He told ἔλεγεν (elegen) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. them, αὐτοῖς (autois) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. “You Ὑμεῖς (Hymeis) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. are ἐστέ (este) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. from ἐκ (ek) Preposition Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. below; κάτω (katō) Adverb Strong's 2736: (a) down, below, also: downwards, (b) lower, under, less, of a length of time. Also katotero; adverb from kata; downwards. I ἐγὼ (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 εἰμί (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. from ἐκ (ek) Preposition Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. above. ἄνω (anō) Adverb Strong's 507: Up, above, up to the top, up to the brim, things above, heaven, the heavenly region. Adverb from anti; upward or on the top. You ὑμεῖς (hymeis) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. are ἐστέ (este) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. of ἐκ (ek) Preposition Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. this τούτου (toutou) Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it. world; κόσμου (kosmou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2889: Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally). I ἐγὼ (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 εἰμὶ (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. not οὐκ (ouk) Adverb Strong's 3756: No, not. Also ouk, and ouch a primary word; the absolute negative adverb; no or not. of ἐκ (ek) Preposition Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. this τούτου (toutou) Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it. world. κόσμου (kosmou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2889: Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally). Links John 8:23 NIVJohn 8:23 NLT John 8:23 ESV John 8:23 NASB John 8:23 KJV John 8:23 BibleApps.com John 8:23 Biblia Paralela John 8:23 Chinese Bible John 8:23 French Bible John 8:23 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: John 8:23 He said to them You are (Jhn Jo Jn) |
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