John 8:21–30

Dispute Over Who Jesus Is

²¹Once more Jesus said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die^q in your sin. Where I go, you cannot come.”^r

²²This made the Jews ask, “Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, ‘Where I go, you cannot come’?”

²³But he continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.^{s 24}I told you that you would die in your sins; if you do not believe that I am he,^t you will indeed die in your sins.”

²⁵“Who are you?” they asked.

“Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied. ²⁶“I have much to say in judgment of you. But he who sent me is trustworthy,^u and what I have heard from him I tell the world.”^v

²⁷They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father. ²⁸So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up^a the Son of Man,^w then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own but speak just what the Father has taught me.^{x 29}The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone,^y for I always do what pleases him.”^{z 30}Even as he spoke, many believed in him.^a