John 8:25 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them,Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. ”

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

  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....

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• John 8:25 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (9) Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even (f) [the same] that I said unto you from the beginning. (9) He will eventually know who Christ is who will diligently hear...

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• John 8:25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Warnings of Coming Doom. But He knows that in the end the rulers must have their way. He tells the Pharisees that His time is short, and that they will need Him when it is too late. The Jews are sc...

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• John 8:25 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Even the same that... beginning . He Whom. 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...

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• John 8:25 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  25. From the beginning. They who translate the words τὴν ἀρχὴν, as if they had been in the nominative case, I am the beginning, (227) and as if Christ were here asserting his eternal Div...

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• John 8:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. Who art thou? - This marks the indignation of the Pharisees - as if they had...

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• John 8:25 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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 disco...

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

  Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. Then said they unto him Who art thou? - hoping thus to extort an expli...

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• John 8:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Feast of Tabernacles Continued. Christ the Light of the World John 7:53 to John 8:11 . The woman taken in adultery. All modern critics agree that this section is no original part of the Fou...

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• John 8:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Then said they unto him, Who art thou? — They ask the question in the tone of scorn which they have already expressed in John 8:22 . The pronoun is the emphatic word: “ Thou, who art thou?” and...

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• John 8:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 19 JESUS 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...

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• John 8:25 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Father Made Known in His Son John 8:21-30 Our Lord was absorbed in acquiring glory for His Father. He was sent by the Father, lived by the Father, could do nothing of Himself, and spoke onl...

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• John 8:25 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The end of chapter 7 is closely linked with this, in that after declaring "every man went to his own house," the writer said, "But Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives." Here we have the story of a r...

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• John 8:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins. Whither I go, ye cannot come. (22) Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither...

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• John 8:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Then said they unto him, who art thou ?.... That talks at this rate, and threatens with death, in case of unbelief; this they said with an haughty air, and in a scornful manner: and Jesus saith un...

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• John 8:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. Ver. 25. Even the same that I said, &c. ] To wit, "the way, the trut...

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• John 8:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 pu...

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• John 8:25 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  A WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY (vs.1-11) While others went to their homes, the Lord spent the night in the mount of Olives, away from all the words and thoughts of men, in the calm of His Father's pr...

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• John 8:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees.       21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your...

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• John 8:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  What good Christian will not learn to contemn the slights and reproaches of sinful men, when he readeth of a company of miscreants thus using their Lord and Master, saying to him, Who art thou? It...

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• John 8:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Chapter 8 Jesus - The Light of the World and the ‘I am' ( John 8:12-59 ). In this chapter Jesus is revealed as ‘the Light of the World'. This is a reminder of the one spoken of in the words of Isa...

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• John 8:25 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 8:13 . They forgot His vindication of Himself ( John 5:31-37 ). John 8:14 . Even if I bear record, etc. —Although He was content to let the Father witness o...

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• John 8:25 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 8:12-13 . 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. The Pharisees These wasps...

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• John 8:25 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 8:1 . Jesus went to the mount of Olives, where it is probable he slept in some booth in the gardens; and returned early to the temple, to preach to the people, before the commencement of publ...

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• John 8:25 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Then said they unto Him, Who art Thou? …Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. By thus expressing Himself, Jesus evidently declared Himself to be the expected One. He avoided, how...

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• John 8:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Verses 7:53-8:11 (8) The pericope adulterae. (a) Excursus on the genuineness of John 7:53-43 John 7:53-43 John 7:53-43 . It is our duty to examine the various grounds on...

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• John 8:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Christ's going to the Father:

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• John 8:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  John 1:19 ; John 1:22 ; John 10:24 ; John 19:9 ; John 5:17 ; John 8:12 ; Luke 22:67

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• John 8:25 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Light of the World John 8:12-42 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Jesus Christ the Life, was the Light. When we study- John 1:1-4 , we think of Christ in the beginning as the Word, creating by His com...

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• John 8:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Even what I say to you from the beginning — The same which I say to you, as it were in one discourse, with one even tenor from the time I first spake to you.

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