26 [a]I have many things to say, and to judge of you: but he that sent me, is true, and the things that I have heard of him, those speak I to the world.

27 [b]They understood not that he spake to them of the Father.

28 Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as my Father hath taught me, so I spake these things.

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  1. John 8:26 God is the revenger of Christ’s doctrine despised.
  2. John 8:27 Even the contempt of Christ maketh for his glory: which thing his enemies shall feel at length to their great smart.

26 “I have much to say in judgment of you. But he who sent me is trustworthy,(A) and what I have heard from him I tell the world.”(B)

27 They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father. 28 So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up[a] the Son of Man,(C) 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.(D)

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  1. John 8:28 The Greek for lifted up also means exalted.