John 8:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - John 8:26

I have many things to say - There are many things which I might say to reprove and expose your pride and hypocrisy. By this he implied that he understood well their character, and that he was able to expose it. This, indeed, he had shown them in his conversations with them.And to judge of you - To reprove in you. There are many things in you which I might condemn.But he that sent we is true - Is worthy to be believed, and his declarations about men are to be credited. The meaning of this verse... 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 8:26

speak . Greek. lego. All the texts read "say". Greek laleo. to = unto. Greek. eis. App-104 . of = from [beside]. Greek. para. App-104 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:26

I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you: howbeit he that sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak I unto the world.Concerning you ... They had demanded a more definite statement from Christ of his identity; but he responded with a promise to tell the whole world who they were! This was spoken sadly in view of the deepening of the chasm between himself and the leaders of the chosen people. As Westcott noted:In them unbelief was embodied. So the sentence... 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 8:26

26, 27. I have many things to say and to judge of you; but he that sent me is true, &c.—that is, I could, and at the fitting time, will say and judge many things of you (referring perhaps to the work of the Spirit which is for judgment as well as salvation, :-), but what I do say is just the message My Father hath given Me to deliver. 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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 8:21-30

Jesus’ claims about His origin 8:21-30Jesus began to contrast Himself and His critics. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 8:26

Jesus also claimed to have much more to reveal to His hearers. Part of that would involve judgment for their unbelief. However all of what He would say would be true because it would come from God. It would not be simply His own words spoken independent of the Father (cf. John 3:34; John 5:19-30; John 8:15-16). read more

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