John 8:21–30

Jesus Foretells His Death

²¹Again he said to them, “I am going away, and you will search for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”^{* 22}Then the Jews said, “Is he going to kill himself? Is that what he means by saying, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” ²³He said to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are from this world, I am not from this world.^{* 24}I told you that you would die in your sins, for you will die in your sins unless you believe that I am he.”^{b* 25}They said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Why do I speak to you at all?^{c 26}I have much to say about you and much to condemn, but the one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.”^{* 27}They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father. ²⁸So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I am he^d and that I do nothing on my own, but I speak these things as the Father instructed me.^{* 29}And the one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, for I always do what is pleasing to him.”^{* 30}As he was saying these things, many believed in him.