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The Pulpit Commentary - John 8:25

"Who art thou?" The startling and authoritative language in which the Lord Jesus, in conversation and discussion with the unfriendly Jews of Jerusalem, spoke both of himself and of them, not unnaturally prompted this blunt yet pertinent inquiry. I. THE QUESTION . The spirit in which this inquiry is urged makes all the difference as to the light in which it must be regarded. 1 . It may be a spirit of mere idle curiosity. 2 . It may be a spirit of historical inquiry, such as... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 8:25

Who art thou? - As Jesus did not expressly say in the previous verse that he was the Messiah, they professed still not to understand him. In great contempt, therefore, they asked him who he was. As if they had said, “Who art thou that undertakest to threaten us in this manner!” When we remember that they regarded him as a mere pretender from Galilee; that he was poor and without friends; and that he was persecuted by those in authority, we cannot but admire the patience with which all this was... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 8:25-27

John 8:25-27. Then said they, Who art thou? This question they ask in derision, and not with any desire to be instructed. And Jesus saith, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning Namely, of my public ministry, or from the time I first spake to you. Or, as Whitby renders it, I am what I before told you I was; a sense of the expression, την αρχην , (here rendered, from the beginning,) which he justifies by several passages of the Septuagint, particularly Genesis 13:4;... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 8:21-30

90. Belief and unbelief (John 8:21-30)Because the Jews could never get their minds above earthly things, they could never accept Jesus’ claim that he came from God. By rejecting him they lost all chance of having their sins forgiven. They would die in their sins and thereby be excluded from heaven, the place to which Jesus would return after his death and resurrection (John 8:21-26).Most of the people still did not understand how Jesus could be the Son of God, but one day in the near future... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 8:25

Even the same that . . . beginning = He Whom I say also to you at the beginning [of this colloquy, verses: John 8:12-20 ]. Compare Septuagint, Genesis 43:18 , Genesis 43:20 = at the beginning [of our coming down] = at the first. from the beginning . There is no "from" in the Gr See note on John 8:44 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:25

They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? Jesus said unto them, Even that which I have also spoken unto you from the beginning.Scholars will be aware of various renditions of this difficult verse; but it is interpreted here with the meaning, "I am the same as I have been telling you from the beginning."Who art thou ...? could indicate some hesitation in their headlong rush to destruction, as if they had said, "Wait, maybe we are overlooking something; who are you anyway?" Jesus did not... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 8:25-26

John 8:25-26. Even the same that I said unto you, &c.— On supposition that this is the proper translation of the passage, our Lord's meaning was, "I am that which I said to you at the beginning of this discourse, namely, the Light of the world." But Raphelius, who is followed by Doddridge and many others, proposes to point the sentence in such a manner, as to give the following translation: Truly because I am speaking to you, I have many things to say and judge concerning you. It is well... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 8:25

25. Who art thou?—hoping thus to extort an explicit answer; but they are disappointed. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 8:12-59

5. The light of the world discourse 8:12-59Following Jesus’ claim to be the water of life (John 7:37-38), official opposition against Him intensified considerably. The following sections of this Gospel trace this rising opposition. While some believed on Jesus, most of His own people rejected Him (cf. John 1:11-12). This section of the text deals with Jesus’ claim to be the Light of the World and the controversy it generated. read more