King James
Version:
(John
8:26) I have many things to say and to
judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those
things which I have heard of him.
(John
8:27) They understood not that he spake
to them of the Father.
(John
8:28) Then said Jesus unto them, When ye
have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am [he], and [that] I
do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.
(John
8:29) And he that sent me is with me:
the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please
him.
(John
8:30) As he spake these words, many
believed on him.
My Translation:
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(8:28) Therefore Jesus said to them “When you shall have lifted up the Son of Man then you shall know for I am He, and from myself I do nothing but according to what My Father has taught Me these things I speak.
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John
8:26-30 “The reasoning of Jesus”
Introduction: Jesus
tries to reason with the Pharisees about who
He is. He concludes that they
will know Him only after they have crucified Him. According to the Bible account of the events
of His death many of the priests and of the people believed in Him after the
vale of the
(John
8:26) I
(Jesus and all that He is, the light of the world, the
water of life, the bread from heaven, the way, the truth and the life, the king
of kings.)
have many things to say and to judge of you:
Why “many” things? Is it because they are so ill informed? Is it because they have never studied the
scriptures? Will Jesus have to take them
from the basics and tell them everything? Or is it because their sins are so
many that He has many things to say and to Judge concerning them? Is it because their sins are so great and
awful such as trying to kill the Son of God that He has many things to say and
to judge concerning them? It is one
thing to mistreat and abuse your fellow man who is made in the image of God and
quite another to beat, spit upon and crucify the very Son of God!
(His Father has a whole list of judgmental things He wants
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but he that sent me
(God the Father who sent also the prophets of old)
is true
(every word of every prophet was
true and all that Jesus would say was true.
These people had heard enough lies and had taught enough untruth)
; and I speak to the world
(Jesus message is for everyone no exceptions)
those things which I have heard of him.
(Jesus is the perfect servant for He does nothing outside
the fathers biding)
(John
8:27) They understood not that he spake
to them of the Father.
(There seems to be very little that these men
understand. They do not understand the
concept of the trinity. They do not understand things that they cannot. Jesus told Nicodemus that one must be born
again in order to understand the kingdom.)
(John
8:28) Then said Jesus unto them,
(Jesus does not give up on them but continues to reason
with them.)
When ye
have lifted up the Son of man,
(these very men will the ones who
will cry “crucify Him, crucify Him.” These men will be responsible for the
death of Jesus yet Jesus still tries to reason with them to get them to see the
truth.)
then shall ye know that I am [he],
(They
will know who He is. They would ask
Jesus for a sign and He would say to them that an evil and adulterous
generation seeketh a sign but none shall be given to it but the sign of
Jonah. For as Jonah was in the belly of
the whale three days and three nights so shall the son of man be in the heart
of the earth. The word for “that” might have been better translated for or
because. These things will happen to him because he is the Son of God. )
(I believe that the word “he” is well supplied
here for the implication is that Jesus is the Christ. The reason they would
know is because Jesus is the Christ. The
Christ was foretold by the prophets to be crucified and yet rise again.)
and [that] I do nothing of myself;
(not only does he speak the things the Father gives Him to
say but he also does the things His Father gives Him to do and nothing more.)
but as my Father hath taught me,
(the father taught or showed Him
the things he was to do. He followed completely the Father’s instructions. )
I speak
these things.
(The Father has not hid from the son anything. Jesus knew full well that the Father was
sending Him into the world to die for the sins of men.)
(John
8:29) And he that sent me is with me:
(these men could not see anyone
with Jesus. They saw the disciples but
none of them was the Father. They could
not see the Father. Even Jesus’
disciples said show us the Father to which He responded “if you have seen me
you have seen the Father for I and the Father are one.”)
the Father hath not left me alone;
(The father is always with the son. He would never leave Him alone.)
for I do always those things that please him.
(He always did what pleased the Father. The Father requires a perfect sacrifice for
out sins. A completely innocent one must
die for the guilty.)
(John
8:30) As he spake these words, many
believed on him.
(even while He was speaking the
Holy Spirit was convicting the hearts of men. Many is
the opposite of few. Many believed the
words of Jesus. They recognized by the
aid of the Holy Spirit the truth of God’s word. Jesus knew that some men are
willing to be reasonable. They will
carefully weigh the evidence set before them and will come to a reasonable
conclusion. Men can not be saved without
God providing Himself a sacrifice. God the Father is here and God the Son is
hear and God the Holy Spirit is here.
God longs to save the souls of men.
He is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to
repentance.