Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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 The Jews, therefore, said, "Will He kill Himself?" because He said, "Whither I go, ye 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 I said, therefore, to you, that ye will die in your sins; for, unless ye believe that I am He, ye will die in your sins."
Cross References
John 3:31
He That cometh from above is above all; he that is of the earth is of the earth, and speaks of the earth; He that cometh from Heaven is above all.
John 17:14
I have given them Thy word, and the world 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 the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him;
John 1:14
And the Word became flesh, and tabernacled among us, (and we beheld His glory??lory as of the Only Begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
John 3:13
And no one has ascended into Heaven, but He Who descended out of Heaven??he Son of Man [Who is in Heaven].
John 15:18-19
If the world hates you, ye know that it has hated Me before it hated you.
Romans 8:7-8
because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither, indeed, can it be;
Philippians 3:19-21
whose end is destruction, whose god is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who are thinking of earthly things.
James 3:15-17
This wisdom is not the wisdom that comes down from above; but is earthly, soulish, demoniacal!
James 4:4
Adulteresses! know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever, therefore, purposes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
1 John 4:5-6
They are of the world; for this cause they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
1 John 5:19-20
We know that we are of God, and the whole world is lying in the evil one.
1 Corinthians 15:47-48
The first man is of the earth earthy; the second Man is from Heaven.