Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
He told them, "You are from below, I'm from above. You are of this world, but I'm not of this world.
New American Standard Bible
And He was saying to them,
King James Version
And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
Holman Bible
A Conservative Version
And he said to them, Ye are from below, I am from above. Ye are of this world, I am not of this world.
American Standard Version
And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
Amplified
He said to them,
An Understandable Version
Jesus replied, "You people are from below [i.e., from the earthly realm]; I am from above [i.e., from the heavenly realm]. You belong to this world; I do not belong to this world.
Anderson New Testament
And he said to them: You are from beneath, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.
Bible in Basic English
And he said to them, You are of the earth; I am from heaven: you are of this world; I am not of this world.
Common New Testament
He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and he said to them, ye are from beneath, I am from above: ye are of this world, I am not of this world.
Darby Translation
And he said to them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above. Ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
Godbey New Testament
And He said to them, You are from beneath; I am from above: you are of this world; I am not of this world.
Goodspeed New Testament
He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You belong to this world; I do not belong to this world.
John Wesley New Testament
And he said to them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
Julia Smith Translation
And he said to them, Ye are from below I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
King James 2000
And he said unto them, You are from beneath; I am from above: you are of this world; I am not of this world.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are from this world; I am not from this world.
Modern King James verseion
And He said to them, You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he said unto them, "Ye are from beneath, I am from above. Ye are of this world, I am not of this world.
Moffatt New Testament
He said to them, "You are from the world below, I am from the world above: you belong to this world, I do not belong to this world.
Montgomery New Testament
And he said to them. "You are from below. I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.
NET Bible
Jesus replied, "You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.
New Heart English Bible
He said to them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.
Noyes New Testament
And he said to them, Ye are from beneath, I am from above; ye are of this world, I am not of this world.
Sawyer New Testament
And he said to them, You are from below; I am from above; you are from this world; I am not from this world.
The Emphasized Bible
And he was saying unto them - Ye, are, of the realms below, I, am, of the realms above: Ye, are, of this world, I, am not of this world.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And he said to them, Ye are from those beneath; I am from those above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
Twentieth Century New Testament
"You," added Jesus, "are from below, I am from above; you are of this present world, I am not;
Webster
And he said to them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
Weymouth New Testament
"You," He continued, "are from below, I am from above: you are of this present world, I am not of this present world.
Williams New Testament
He continued, "You are from below; I am from above. You belong to this present world; I do not belong to this present world.
World English Bible
He said to them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.
Worrell New Testament
And He said to them, "Ye are from beneath; I am from above. Ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
Worsley New Testament
And He said unto them, Ye are from beneath, I am from above: ye are of this world, I am not of this world.
Youngs Literal Translation
and he said to them, 'Ye are from beneath, I am from above; ye are of this world, I am not of this world;
Themes
Christ's » Filial » Origin, heavenly
Heavenly » Multitude » Origin, Christ's
Interlinear
Este
ἐστέ
Este
Usage: 53
Ek
ἐκ ἐξ
Ek
Usage: 709
Eimi
εἰμί
Eimi
I am , am, it is I , be, I was , have been, not tr
Usage: 72
Ek
ἐκ ἐξ
Ek
Usage: 709
Toutou
τούτου
Toutou
this, that, him, thus, thereabout Trans, it, thenceforth,
Usage: 53
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 8:23
Images John 8:23
Prayers for John 8:23
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus Predicts His Death
22 So the Jewish leaders were asking, "He isn't going to kill himself, is he? Is that why he said, "You cannot come where I'm going'?" 23 He told them, "You are from below, I'm from above. You are of this world, but I'm not of this world. 24 That is why I told you that you will die in your sins, for unless you believe that I AM, you'll die in your sins."
Cross References
John 3:31
The one who comes from above is superior to everything. The one who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is superior to everything.
John 17:14
I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I don't belong to the world.
John 17:16
They don't belong to the world, just as I don't belong to the world.
1 John 2:15-16
Stop loving the world and the things that are in the world. If anyone persists in loving the world, the Father's love is not in him.
John 1:14
The Word became flesh and lived among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father's unique Son, who is full of grace and truth.
Psalm 17:4
As for the ways of mankind, I have, according to the words of your lips, avoided the ways of the violent.
John 3:13
"No one has gone up to heaven except the one who came down from heaven, the Son of Man who is in heaven.
John 15:18-19
"If the world hates you, you should realize that it hated me before you.
Romans 8:7-8
That is why the mind that focuses on human nature is hostile toward God. It refuses to submit to the authority of God's Law because it is powerless to do so.
Philippians 3:19-21
Their destiny is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on worldly things.
James 3:15-17
That kind of wisdom does not come from above. No, it is worldly, self-centered, and demonic.
James 4:4
You adulterers! Don't you know that friendship with the world means hostility with God? So whoever wants to be a friend of this world is an enemy of God.
1 John 4:5-6
These people belong to the world. That is why they speak from the world's perspective, and the world listens to them.
1 John 5:19-20
We know that we are from God and that the whole world lies under the control of the evil one.
1 Corinthians 15:47-48
The first man came from the dust of the earth; the second man came from heaven.