John 8:25-27

Disciples’ Literal New Testament

I Am What I Have Been Saying I Am From The Beginning

²⁵So they were saying to Him, “Who^[a] are You?” Jesus said to them, “What^[b] thing from the beginning I am indeed telling you! ²⁶I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However, the One having sent Me is true. And what things I heard from Him— these things I am speaking to the world”. ²⁷They did not know that He was speaking to them about the Father.

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Footnotes

John 8:25 The Jews try to get Jesus to state explicitly that He is the Christ, the Son of God, but He refuses to allow them to hear such a direct statement until His hour comes in Mt 27:63-64.
John 8:25 Or this may be a question. Or, Exactly what thing I am. This is an idiomatic response, and scholars are not certain of the exact nuance. Plus there is a textual variant that allows this to be, How is it that I am even speaking to you at all? In any case, the point is clear: You ought to know who I am by now!

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