John 8:28

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then Jesus said to them, When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you shall know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father has taught me, I speak these things.

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  • John 3:14 : 14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
  • John 6:38 : 38 For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
  • John 12:49-50 : 49 For I have not spoken on my own authority; but the Father who sent me gave me a command, what I should say and what I should speak. 50 And I know that his command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told me, so I speak.
  • Rom 1:4 : 4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead;
  • 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they do not please God, and are contrary to all men: 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always; but the wrath has come upon them to the utmost.
  • Heb 2:2-3 : 2 For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; 3 How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those that heard him;
  • Num 16:28-30 : 28 And Moses said, Hereby you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of my own will. 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they are visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD has not sent me. 30 But if the LORD makes a new thing, and the earth opens its mouth, and swallows them up, with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into the pit; then you shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD.
  • Matt 27:50-54 : 50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the spirit. 51 And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were split; 52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep arose, 53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared to many. 54 Now when the centurion, and those who were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
  • John 3:11 : 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak what we know and testify what we have seen, and you do not receive our witness.
  • John 16:10 : 10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father and you see me no more;
  • John 19:18 : 18 Where they crucified him, and with him two others, one on each side, and Jesus in the middle.
  • Acts 2:41 : 41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized; and that day about three thousand souls were added to them.
  • Acts 4:4 : 4 However, many of those who heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.
  • John 8:24 : 24 I said therefore to you, that you shall die in your sins: for if you do not believe that I am he, you shall die in your sins.
  • John 11:42 : 42 And I knew that you always hear me: but because of the people who stand by, I said it, that they may believe that you sent me.
  • John 12:32-34 : 32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself. 33 This he said, signifying what death he would die. 34 The people answered him, We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever; and how can you say, The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 8:26-27
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    26I have many things to say and to judge concerning you: but he who sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard from him.

    27They did not understand that he spoke to them of the Father.

  • John 8:29
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    29And he who sent me is with me: the Father has not left me alone; for I always do those things that please him.

  • John 8:54-55
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    54Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is my Father who honors me; of whom you say, that he is your God:

    55Yet you have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I do not know him, I shall be a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his word.

  • John 7:28-29
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    28Then Jesus cried out in the temple as he taught, saying, You both know me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you do not know.

    29But I know him, for I am from him, and he sent me.

  • John 8:38
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    38I speak what I have seen with my Father: and you do what you have seen with your father.

  • John 14:31
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    31But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

  • John 10:38
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    38But if I do, though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in him.

  • John 8:14-16
    3 verses
    76%

    14Jesus answered and said to them, Though I bear witness of myself, my witness is true: for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you cannot tell where I come from, and where I am going.

    15You judge according to the flesh; I judge no one.

    16And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father who sent me.

  • John 12:28
    76%

    28Father, glorify your name. Then a voice came from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it and will glorify it again.

  • John 12:49-50
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    75%

    49For I have not spoken on my own authority; but the Father who sent me gave me a command, what I should say and what I should speak.

    50And I know that his command is everlasting life. Therefore, whatever I speak, just as the Father has told me, so I speak.

  • John 18:8
    75%

    8Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he; therefore, if you seek me, let these go their way,

  • John 8:18-20
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    18I am one who bears witness of myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness of me.

    19Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered, You neither know me nor my Father: if you had known me, you should have known my Father also.

    20These words spoke Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no one laid hands on him; for his hour had not yet come.

  • John 14:10-11
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    10Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own: but the Father who dwells in me does the works.

    11Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the sake of the works themselves.

  • John 12:32-33
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    32And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.

    33This he said, signifying what death he would die.

  • John 16:28
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    28I came forth from the Father and have come into the world: again, I leave the world and go to the Father.

  • Matt 11:27
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    27All things have been delivered to me by my Father: and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and those to whom the Son will reveal him.

  • John 17:1
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    1These words spoke Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son, that your Son also may glorify you:

  • John 8:23-24
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    74%

    23And he said to them, You are from beneath; I am from above: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

    24I said therefore to you, that you shall die in your sins: for if you do not believe that I am he, you shall die in your sins.

  • John 14:20
    74%

    20At that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.

  • John 14:7
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    7If you had known me, you would have known my Father also: and from now on you know him, and have seen him.

  • John 14:28
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    28You have heard me say to you, I am going away and coming back to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice because I said, I am going to the Father: for my Father is greater than I.

  • Luke 10:22
    74%

    22All things have been delivered to me by my Father: and no one knows who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

  • John 10:25
    73%

    25Jesus answered them, I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.

  • John 13:19
    73%

    19Now I tell you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe that I am he.

  • John 8:42
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    42Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love me: for I came out and came from God; neither did I come of myself, but he sent me.

  • John 10:36
    73%

    36Do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, You blaspheme, because I said, I am the Son of God?

  • John 4:26
    73%

    26Jesus said to her, I who speak to you am he.

  • John 8:50
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    50And I do not seek my own glory: there is one who seeks and judges.

  • John 6:38
    73%

    38For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

  • John 13:3
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    3Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God, and was going to God;

  • John 10:30
    72%

    30I and my Father are one.

  • John 12:45
    72%

    45And he who sees me sees him who sent me.

  • John 16:25
    72%

    25I have spoken these things to you in proverbs: but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in proverbs, but I will show you plainly about the Father.

  • John 17:25
    72%

    25O righteous Father, the world has not known you: but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me.

  • John 8:12
    72%

    12Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, I am the light of the world: he who follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

  • John 17:8
    72%

    8For I have given to them the words which you gave me; and they have received them, and have surely known that I came from you, and they have believed that you sent me.