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John 8:23 KJV
John · chapter 8 · verse 23
And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.John 8:23 · King James Version
John 8:23 in context
21Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
22Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
23And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
24I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
25Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.
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Key words (Strong's)
- beneathkatōdown, downwards, below, beneath, of place, below, of temporal successionG2736 →
- aboveanōup, upwards, above, on high, of the quarters of the heaven, northward, of countries…G507 →
- worldkosmosan apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order, government, ornament…G2889 →
- saideiponto speak, sayG2036 →
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Christ here gives fair warning to the careless unbelieving Jews to consider what would be the consequence of their infidelity, that they might prevent it before it was too late; for he spoke words of terror as well as words of grace. Observe here, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-30