John 8:45

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

But because I say the truth, ye believe me not.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

2 Tim 4:3-4 : 3 For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts; 4 and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.
John 3:19-20 : 19 And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, lest his works should be reproved.
John 7:7 : 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
John 18:37 : 37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end am I come into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Gal 4:16 : 16 So then am I become your enemy, by telling you the truth?
2 Thess 2:10 : 10 and with all deceit of unrighteousness for them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

John 8:46-47
2 verses
85%
46Which of you convicteth me of sin? If I say truth, why {G5101} do ye not believe me?
47He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.
John 8:37-44
8 verses
83%
37I know that ye are Abraham's seed: yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.
38I speak the things which I have seen with [my] Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from [your] father.
39They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
40But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.
41Ye do the works of your father. {G3767} They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.
42Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love {G302} me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.
43Why {G5101} do ye not understand my speech? [Even] because ye cannot {G1410} hear my word.
44Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
John 10:25-26
2 verses
76%
25Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believe not: the works that I do in my Father's name, these bear witness of me.
26But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep.
John 5:38
75%
38And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not.
Gal 4:16
75%
16So then am I become your enemy, by telling you the truth?
1 John 2:21
75%
21I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no {G3956} lie is of the truth.
John 8:23-26
4 verses
74%
23And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
24I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except {G3361} ye believe that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins.
25They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? {G2532} Jesus said unto them, Even that which I have also spoken unto you from the beginning.
26I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you: howbeit he that sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak I unto the world.
John 10:37-38
2 verses
74%
37If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.
38But if I do them, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and understand that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.
John 8:55
73%
55and ye have not known him: but I know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be like unto you, a liar: but I know him, and keep his word.
John 8:32
73%
32and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
John 16:9-10
2 verses
73%
9of sin, because they believe not on me;
10of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye behold me no more;
John 6:36
73%
36But I said unto you, that ye {G2532} have seen me, and yet believe not.
John 8:13-14
2 verses
73%
13The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true.
14Jesus answered and said unto them, Even if I bear witness of myself, my witness is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not whence I come, or whither I go.
John 3:11-12
2 verses
72%
11Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.
12If I told you earthly things and ye believe not, how shall ye believe if I tell you heavenly things?
John 14:10-11
2 verses
72%
10Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I say unto you I speak not from myself: but the Father {G3588} abiding in me doeth his works.
11Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else {G3361} believe me for the very works' sake.
John 5:45
71%
45{G1380} Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, [even] Moses, on whom ye have set your hope.
John 8:49
71%
49Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me.
John 7:7
70%
7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
John 8:21
70%
21He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot {G1410} come.
John 5:33
70%
33Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth.
John 12:44
70%
44And Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me.
John 16:3
70%
3And these things will they do, {G5213} because they have not known the Father, nor me.
John 6:64
70%
64But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who it was that should betray him.
John 18:37-38
2 verses
70%
37Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end am I come into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
38Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find no crime in him.
Luke 6:46
70%
46And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
John 5:42
70%
42But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in yourselves.
John 5:40
70%
40and ye will not come to me, that ye may have life.
John 8:19
69%
19They said therefore unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me, nor my Father: if ye knew me, ye would know {G302} my Father also.
John 5:47
69%
47But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words?
Rom 9:1
69%
1I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in the Holy Spirit,
John 8:16
69%
16Yea and if I judge, my judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
John 16:27
69%
27for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from the Father.