Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 8:55
55. I shall be a liar like unto you—now rising to the summit of holy, naked severity, thereby to draw this long dialogue to a head. read more
John 8:55 Niv
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
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
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 8:48-59
The violent response of Jesus’ critics 8:48-59 read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 8:55
Jesus next identified these superficial believers as unbelievers. They had not yet come to believe that He was God even though some of them thought that He was a crazy prophet. For Jesus to deny knowing God would be as much a lie as His critic’s claim to know God was. The proof that Jesus really did know God was His obedience to Him.Jesus knew (Gr. oida) God inherently and intuitively, but His critics did not know (Gr. ginosko) God by experience or observation. We should not put too much... read more
John Darby
Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - John 8:55
8:55 word. (a-33) Logos . see Hebrews 6:1 . know (f-3) Objective knowledge, ginosko . know (g-8) Conscious knowledge, oida , three times here. read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:1-59
The Feast of Tabernacles Continued. Christ the Light of the WorldJohn 7:53 to John 8:11. The woman taken in adultery. All modern critics agree that this section is no original part of the Fourth Gospel. It is not in the author’s style; it breaks the sequence of our Lord’s discourses, and is omitted by most of the ancient authorities. Probably it is an authentic apostolic tradition inserted here to illustrate the principle of John 8:15. Some MSS place it at the end of the Gospel. The incident... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 8:55
(55) Yet ye have not known him; but I know him.—The frequency of lip-assertion was not accompanied by any true heart-knowledge. The Father who glorified Him was the God whom they professed to serve. Their question, “Whom makest Thou Thyself? “has its explanation in the fact that this service was independent of any real knowledge of God. The two verbs “know” and “known” here do not represent the same Greek word. More exactly the rendering should be, And ye have not come to know Him: but I know... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - John 8:1-59
John 8:11-12 See what the Light said of Himself, John viii. 11 and 12: 'Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.' These two verses ought never to have been severed. Their meaning consists in their union; the 'neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more,' the sanctifying forgiveness of God manifested in Christ is the light of life,... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - John 8:21-59
Chapter 19JESUS REJECTED IN JERUSALEM.“He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek Me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come. The Jews therefore said, Will He kill Himself, that He saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come? And He said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am He, ye shall die in your sins. They said... read more
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Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - John 8:55
John 8:55. Yet ye have not known him, &c.— Though you profess to worship my Father as your God, you are ignorant of him: you neither form right conceptions of him, nor acknowledge him in the manner you ought to do; so that you give a lie to your profession: and though you may think it vain glory, yet I must tell you, that if I should say, I do notthink justly of him, nor acknowledge him as he deserves, I should be a liar like unto you; for I am acquainted with his most intimate counsels,... read more