John 8:28

World English Bible (2000)

Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.

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  • John 5:30 : 30 I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don't seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.
  • John 5:19 : 19 Jesus therefore answered them, "Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.
  • John 3:14 : 14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
  • John 6:38 : 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
  • John 12:49-50 : 49 For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. 50 I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak."
  • Rom 1:4 : 4 who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
  • 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and didn't please God, and are contrary to all men; 16 forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.
  • Heb 2:2-3 : 2 For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense; 3 how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation--which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard;
  • John 16:10 : 10 about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won't see me any more;
  • John 19:18 : 18 where they crucified him, and with him two others, on either side one, and Jesus in the middle.
  • Acts 2:41 : 41 Then those who gladly received his word were baptized. There were added that day about three thousand souls.
  • Acts 4:4 : 4 But many of those who heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to be about five thousand.
  • John 8:24 : 24 I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."
  • John 11:42 : 42 I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude that stands around I said this, 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 But he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die. 34 The multitude answered him, "We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever. How do you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up?' Who is this Son of Man?"
  • Num 16:28-30 : 28 Moses said, "Hereby you shall know that Yahweh has sent me to do all these works; for [I have] not [done them] of my own mind. 29 If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then Yahweh hasn't sent me. 30 But if Yahweh make a new thing, and the ground open its mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain to them, and they go down alive into Sheol; then you shall understand that these men have despised Yahweh."
  • Matt 27:50-54 : 50 Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit. 51 Behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from the top to the bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split. 52 The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; 53 and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, they entered into the holy city and appeared to many. 54 Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God."
  • John 3:11 : 11 Most certainly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don't receive our witness.

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    26 I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world."

    27 They didn't understand that he spoke to them about the Father.

  • John 8:29
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    29 He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn't left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him."

  • John 5:19
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    19 Jesus therefore answered them, "Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.

  • John 8:54-55
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    54 Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.

    55 You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I don't know him,' I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word.

  • John 7:28-29
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    28 Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don't know.

    29 I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me."

  • John 8:38
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    38 I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have seen with your father."

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

  • John 5:30
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    30 I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don't seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

  • John 10:38
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    38 But if I do them, though you don't believe me, believe the works; that you may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in the Father."

  • John 8:14-16
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    14 Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don't know where I came from, or where I am going.

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    16 Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.

  • John 12:28
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    28 Father, glorify your name!" Then there came a voice out of the sky, saying, "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."

  • John 12:49-50
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    49 For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

    50 I know that his commandment is eternal life. The things therefore which I speak, even as the Father has said to me, so I speak."

  • John 18:8
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    8 Jesus answered, "I told you that I am he. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,"

  • John 8:18-20
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    18 I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me."

    19 They said therefore to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."

    20 Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.

  • John 14:10-11
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    10 Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.

    11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very works' sake.

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

    33 But he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die.

  • John 16:28
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  • John 8:23-24
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    23 He said to them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.

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  • John 14:20
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    20 In 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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    7 If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on, you know him, and have seen him."

  • John 14:28
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  • John 10:25
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    25 Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you don't believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, these testify about me.

  • John 13:19
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    19 From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I am he.

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    36 But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.

  • John 8:42
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    42 Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven't come of myself, but he sent me.

  • John 10:36
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    36 do 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
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    26 Jesus said to her, "I am he, the one who speaks to you."

  • John 8:50
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    50 But I don't seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.

  • John 6:38
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    38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

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

  • John 10:30
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    30 I and the Father are one."

  • John 12:45
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    45 He who sees me sees him who sent me.

  • John 16:25
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    25 I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

  • John 17:25
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    25 Righteous Father, the world hasn't known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.

  • John 8:12
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    12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."

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    8 for the words which you have given me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew for sure that I came forth from you, and they have believed that you sent me.