Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

They were saying unto him, therefore - Who art, thou? Jesus said unto them - First and foremost, even what I speak unto you.

New American Standard Bible

So they were saying to Him, “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, What have I been saying to you from the beginning?

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

“Who are You?” they questioned.

“Precisely what I’ve been telling you from the very beginning,” Jesus told them.

International Standard Version

Then they asked him, "Who are you?"

A Conservative Version

They said therefore to him, Who are thou? And Jesus said to them, The beginning, something that I am even telling you.

American Standard Version

They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? Jesus said unto them, Even that which I have also spoken unto you from the beginning.

Amplified

So they said to Him, “Who are You [anyway]?” Jesus replied, “What have I been saying to you from the beginning?

An Understandable Version

So, they said to Him, "Who are you?" Jesus answered, "Why am I even speaking to you at all? [Note: The Greek words of this difficult passage are not real clear]

Anderson New Testament

Then they said to him: Who are you? And Jesus said to them: The same that I said to you at the beginning.

Bible in Basic English

Then they said to him, Who are you? Jesus said, What I said to you from the first.

Common New Testament

They said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.

Daniel Mace New Testament

then said they to him, what art thou? and Jesus answered them, I am what I just now told you.

Darby Translation

They said therefore to him, Who art thou? And Jesus said to them, Altogether that which I also say to you.

Godbey New Testament

Then they said to Him, Who art thou? And Jesus said to them, Even that which I also speak to you from the beginning.

Goodspeed New Testament

They said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them,

John Wesley New Testament

Then said they to him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith to them, Even what I say to you from the beginning.

Julia Smith Translation

Then said they to him, Who art thou? And Jesus said to them, In the beginning, he which I spake to you.

King James 2000

Then said they unto him, Who are you? And Jesus said unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.

Lexham Expanded Bible

So they began to say to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "{What} I have been saying to you [from] the beginning.

Modern King James verseion

Then they said to Him, Who are you? And Jesus said to them, Even the same which I also say to you.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Then said they unto him, "Who art thou?" And Jesus said unto them, "Even the very same thing that I say unto you.

Moffatt New Testament

They said, "Who are you?" Jesus replied, "Why should I talk to you at all?

Montgomery New Testament

"Who are you?" then they asked him. "What I am telling you from the beginning," Jesus answered.

NET Bible

So they said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus replied, "What I have told you from the beginning.

New Heart English Bible

They said therefore to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.

Noyes New Testament

They said therefore to him, Who art thou? Jesus said to them, In the first place, I am just that which I speak to you.

Sawyer New Testament

Then they said to him, Who are you? And Jesus said to them, What at the beginning, and what I tell you [now].

Thomas Haweis New Testament

They said, therefore to him, Who art thou? And Jesus said to them, Assuredly the same as I am telling you.

Twentieth Century New Testament

"Who are you?" they asked. "Why ask exactly what I have been telling you?" said Jesus.

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

"You--who are you?" they asked. "How is it that I am speaking to you at all?" replied Jesus.

Williams New Testament

Then they asked Him, "Who are you anyway?" Jesus answered them, "Why do I even talk to you at all?

World English Bible

They said therefore to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.

Worrell New Testament

They said, therefore, to Him, "Who art Thou?" Jesus said to them, "Even that which I am saying to you from the beginning.

Worsley New Testament

Then said they to Him, Who art thou? And Jesus answered them, Even the same that I told you at first.

Youngs Literal Translation

They said, therefore, to him, 'Thou -- who art thou?' and Jesus said to them, 'Even what I did speak of to you at the beginning;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
οὖν 
Oun 
therefore, then, so, and, now, wherefore, but, not tr,
Usage: 417

λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045


Usage: 0

Who
τίς 
Tis 
Usage: 344

art thou
σύ 
Su 
thou
Usage: 132

And

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

Ἰησοῦς 
Iesous 
Usage: 969

ἔπω 
Epo 
say, speak, tell, command, bid, , vr say
Usage: 824


Usage: 0


and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

the same that
ὅς ἥ ὅ 
Hos 
Usage: 980

I said
λαλέω 
Laleo 
Usage: 235

ὑμῖν 
Humin 
you, ye, your, not tr,
Usage: 293

Context Readings

Jesus Predicts His Death

24 Therefore said I unto you, Ye shall die in your sins: For, if ye believe not that, I, am he, ye shall die in your sins. 25 They were saying unto him, therefore - Who art, thou? Jesus said unto them - First and foremost, even what I speak unto you. 26 Many things, have I, concerning you, to speak, and to judge; but, he who sent me, is, true, and, I, what things I heard from him, the same, speak I unto the world.

Cross References

John 1:19

And, this, is the witness of John, when the Jews sent forth unto him, out of Jerusalem, priests and Levites, - that they might question him - Who art, thou?

Luke 22:67

But he said unto them - If I should tell, you, in nowise would ye believe,

John 1:22

So they said unto him - Who, art thou? that, an answer, we may give, unto them who sent us, - What sayest thou, concerning thyself?

John 5:17-29

But, he, answered them - My Father, until even now, is working; and, I, am working.

John 8:12

Again, therefore, unto them, spake Jesus, saying - I, am the light of the world: He that followeth me, shall in nowise walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

John 10:24

The Jews, therefore, surrounded him, and were saying unto him - How long, holdest thou, our lives, in suspense? If, thou, art the Christ, tell us, plainly.

John 19:9

and entered into the judgment-hail again, and saith unto Jesus - Whence, art, thou? But, Jesus, gave him no, answer.

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