Verse 28

Then Jesus said,“When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak just what the Father taught me.

Referenced Verses

  • John 5:30 : 30 I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.
  • John 5:19 : 19 So Jesus answered them,“I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise.
  • John 3:14 : 14 Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, 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 the one who sent me.
  • John 12:49-50 : 49 For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak. 50 And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me.”
  • Rom 1:4 : 4 who was appointed the Son-of-God-in-power according to the Holy Spirit by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.
  • 1 Thess 2:15-16 : 15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people, 16 because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely.
  • Heb 2:2-3 : 2 For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty, 3 how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,
  • John 16:10 : 10 concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer;
  • John 19:18 : 18 There they crucified him along with two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle.
  • Acts 2:41 : 41 So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.
  • Acts 4:4 : 4 But many of those who had listened to the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
  • John 8:24 : 24 Thus I told 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 knew that you always listen to me, but I said this for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
  • John 12:32-34 : 32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” 33 (Now he said this to indicate clearly what kind of death he was going to die.) 34 Then the crowd responded,“We have heard from the law that the Christ will remain forever. How can you say,‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”
  • Num 16:28-30 : 28 Then Moses said,“This is how you will 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 a natural death, or if they share the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me. 30 But if the LORD does something entirely new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up along with all that they have, and they go down alive to the grave, then you will know that these men have despised the LORD.
  • Matt 27:50-54 : 50 Then Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit. 51 Just then the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks were split apart. 52 And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died were raised. 53 (They came out of the tombs after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.) 54 Now when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said,“Truly this one was God’s Son!”
  • John 3:11 : 11 I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.