I Am the Light of the World

John 8

12 l Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, m "I am the light of the world. Whoever n follows me will not o walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." 13 So the Pharisees said to him, p "You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true." 14 Jesus answered, "Even if I do bear witness about myself, q my testimony is true, for I know r where I came from and s where I am going, but t you do not know where I come from or where I am going. 15 u You judge according to the flesh; v I judge no one. 16 Yet even if I do judge, w my judgment is true, for x it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father 1 who sent me. 17 y In your Law it is written that the testimony of two people is true. 18 I am the one who bears witness about myself, and z the Father who sent me bears witness about me." 19 They said to him therefore, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, a "You know neither me nor my Father. b If you knew me, you would know my Father also." 20 These words he spoke in c the treasury, as he taught in the temple; but d no one arrested him, because e his hour had not yet come.

21 So he said to them again, f "I am going away, and g you will seek me, and h you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come." 22 So the Jews said, i "Will he kill himself, since he says, 'Where I am going, you cannot come'?" 23 He said to them, j "You are from below; I am from above. k You are of this world; l I am not of this world. 24 I told you that you m would die in your sins, for n unless you believe that o I am he you will die in your sins." 25 So they said to him, p "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been telling you from the beginning. 26 I have much to say about you and much to judge, but q he who sent me is true, and I declare r to the world s what I have heard from him." 27 They did not understand that t he had been speaking to them about the Father. 28 So Jesus said to them, "When you have u lifted up the Son of Man, v then you will know that w I am he, and that x I do nothing on my own authority, but y speak just as the Father taught me. 29 And z he who sent me is with me. z He has not left me alone, for a I always do the things that are pleasing to him." 30 As he was saying these things, b many believed in him.

  1. Cross References
    John 7:37 - 38
    On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 36:9
    For with you is the fountain of life; in your l...
    Isaiah 42:6
    I am the Lord ; I have called you in righteousn...
    Isaiah 49:6
    He says: "It is too light a thing that you shou...
    Malachi 4:2
    But for you who fear my name, the sun of righte...
    John 1:4
    In him was life, and the life was the light of ...
    John 1:9
    The true light, which enlightens everyone, was ...
  3. Cross References
    John 12:26
    If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there will my servant be also. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
    John 21:19
    (This he said to show by what kind of death he was to glorify God.) And after saying this he said to him, "Follow me.
  4. Cross References
    John 12:35
    So Jesus said to them, "The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
  5. Cross References
    John 5:31
    If I alone bear witness about myself, my testimony is not deemed true.
  6. Cross References
    Revelation 3:14
    And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: 'The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation.
  7. Cross References
    John 13:3
    Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going back to God.
    John 16:28
    I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father.
  8. Cross References
    John 8:21
    So he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.
    John 7:33
    Jesus then said, "I will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.
  9. Cross References
    John 7:28
    So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, "You know me, and you know where I come from? But I have not come of my own accord. He who sent me is true, and him you do not know.
    John 9:29
    We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.
  10. Cross References
    John 7:24
    Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.
    1 Samuel 16:7
    But the Lord said to Samuel, "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.
    Job 10:4
    Have you eyes of flesh? Do you see as man sees?
  11. Cross References
    John 12:47
    If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world.
    John 8:11
    She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more." ]]
  12. Cross References
    John 5:30
    I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
  13. Cross References
    John 8:29
    And he who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.
    John 16:32
    Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
  14. Cross References
    Numbers 35:30
    If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death on the evidence of witnesses. But no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness.
  15. Cross References
    John 5:37
    And the Father who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen.
  16. Cross References
    John 8:55
    But you have not known him. I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.
    John 16:3
    And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.
  17. Cross References
    John 14:7
    If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.
  18. Cross References
    Matthew 27:6
    But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, "It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is blood money.
  19. Cross References
    John 7:30
    So they were seeking to arrest him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come.
  20. Cross References
    John 7:8
    You go up to the feast. I am not going up to this feast, for my time has not yet fully come.
  21. Cross References
    John 14:28
    You heard me say to you, 'I am going away, and I will come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
    John 14:2 - 3
    In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
    John 16:7
    Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
  22. Cross References
    John 7:34
    You will seek me and you will not find me. Where I am you cannot come.
  23. Cross References
    John 8:24
    I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.
    Ezekiel 3:18
    If I say to the wicked, 'You shall surely die,' and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked person shall die for his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
    Ezekiel 33:8
    If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
  24. Cross References
    John 7:35
    The Jews said to one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we will not find him? Does he intend to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks and teach the Greeks?
  25. Cross References
    John 8:44
    You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
    John 3:31
    He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all.
  26. Cross References
    1 John 4:5
    They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.
  27. Cross References
    John 17:14
    I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
    John 17:16
    They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
  28. Cross References
    John 8:21
    So he said to them again, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.
  29. Cross References
    John 16:9
    Concerning sin, because they do not believe in me.
  30. Cross References
    Mark 13:6
    Many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he!' and they will lead many astray.
    Luke 21:8
    And he said, "See that you are not led astray. For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he!' and, 'The time is at hand!' Do not go after them.
  31. Cross References
    John 1:19
    And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?
  32. Cross References
    John 3:33
    Whoever receives his testimony sets his seal to this, that God is true.
    John 7:28
    So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, "You know me, and you know where I come from? But I have not come of my own accord. He who sent me is true, and him you do not know.
    Romans 3:4
    By no means! Let God be true though every one were a liar, as it is written, "That you may be justified in your words, and prevail when you are judged.
  33. Cross References
    John 18:20
    Jesus answered him, "I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all Jews come together. I have said nothing in secret.
  34. Cross References
    John 8:40
    But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
    John 15:15
    No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
    John 3:32
    He bears witness to what he has seen and heard, yet no one receives his testimony.
    Revelation 1:1
    The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John.
  35. Cross References
    John 8:18
    I am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.
    John 8:26
    I have much to say about you and much to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him.
  36. Cross References
    John 3:14
    And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up.
    John 12:32
    And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.
    John 12:34
    So the crowd answered him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. How can you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?
  37. Cross References
    John 16:8 - 11
    And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:
  38. Cross References
    John 8:24
    I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.
  39. Cross References
    John 5:30
    I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
  40. Cross References
    John 7:16
    So Jesus answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
  41. Cross References
    John 8:16
    Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.
    John 16:32
    Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
    Acts 10:38
    How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
    John 10:38
    But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.
  42. Cross References
    John 8:16
    Yet even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father who sent me.
    John 16:32
    Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me.
    Acts 10:38
    How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
    John 10:38
    But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.
  43. Cross References
    John 4:34
    Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
    John 5:30
    I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I seek not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
    John 6:38
    For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.
    1 John 3:22
    And whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him.
  44. Cross References
    John 7:31
    Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, "When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?
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