Parallel Verses
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.
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
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.
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.
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 then said the Jews, what, will he kill himself? that he says, "whither I go, you cannot come." 23 and he said to them, ye are from beneath, I am from above: ye are of this world, I am not of this world. 24 therefore I said to you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if you don't believe me to be what I am, ye shall die in your sins.
Cross References
John 3:31
but I must decline. he that cometh from above, is above all: he that is from the earth, is earthly, and his language is likewise earthly: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
John 17:14
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
John 17:16
they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
1 John 2:15-16
Love not the world, nor let worldly things engage your affections. he that is worldly affected is a stranger to divine love.
John 1:14
The Logos became incarnate, and had his tabernacle among us, being full of grace and truth; and we contemplated his glory, such glory as the Monogenes derived from the father.
John 3:13
for no man hath penetrated into the secrets of heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the son of man, who is in heaven.
John 15:18-19
if the world hate you, consider that it hated me before it hated you.
Romans 8:7-8
because a sensual disposition of mind is averse to God: for it is not subject to the divine law, nor indeed can it be.
Philippians 3:19-21
who in the. end will be ruin'd, who place their religion in sensuality, their glory in that which is their shame, and fix their thoughts upon this earth.
James 3:15-17
such wisdom is not derived from heaven; but is terrestrial, sensual, demoniacal.
James 4:4
Degenerate race, don't you know that friendship with vice is hostility against heaven. he that is a friend to the vicious world, is an enemy to God.
1 John 4:5-6
they are of the world: therefore their doctrine is worldly, and the world are their disciples.
1 John 5:19-20
we know that we are the children of God, and the rest of the world are subject to the evil spirit.
1 Corinthians 15:47-48
the first man was formed from the dust of the earth: the second man was from heaven.