John 8:25
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“Who are You?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied.
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Who art thou?--hoping thus to extort an explicit answer; but they are disappointed.
Open source ↗In this chapter we have, I. Christ's evading the snare which the Jews laid for him, in bringing to him a woman taken in adultery (Joh 8:1-11). II. Divers discourses or conferences of his with the Jews that cavilled at him, and sought occasion against him, and made every thing he said a matter of controversy. 1. Concerning his being the light of the world (Joh 8:12-20). 2. Concerning the ruin of the unbelieving Jews (Joh 8:21-30). 3. Concerning liberty and bondage (Joh 8:31-37). 4. Concerning his Father and their father (Joh 8:38-47). 5. Here is his discourse in answer to their blasphemous reproaches (Joh 8:48-50). 6. Concerning the immortality of believers (Joh 8:51-59). And in all this he endured the contradiction of sinners against himself.
Open source ↗8:25 Who are you? Later they understood and tried to stone Jesus for blasphemy (8:59).
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“If You are the Christ, tell us.” Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe.
So they said to him, “Who are you? We need an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
and he went back into the Praetorium. “Where are You from?” he asked. But Jesus gave no answer.
So the Jews gathered around Him and demanded, “How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
And this was John’s testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”