John 8:55
Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
John 8:55 in other translations
| BSB | You do not know Him, but I know Him. If I said I did not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know Him, and I keep His word. |
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| WEB | You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, ‘I don’t know him,’ I would be like you, a liar. But I know him and keep his word. |
| ASV | and ye have not known him: but I know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be like unto you, a liar: but I know him, and keep his word. |
| YLT | and ye have not known Him, and I have known Him, and if I say that I have not known Him, I shall be like you--speaking falsely; but I have known Him, and His word I keep; |
| DARBY | And ye know him not; but I know him; and if I said, I know him not, I should be like you, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word. |
| BBE | You have no knowledge of him, but I have knowledge of him; and if I said I have no knowledge of him I would be talking falsely like you: but I have full knowledge of him, and I keep his word. |
| Webster | Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I should be a liar like you: but I know him, and keep his saying. |
What does John 8:55 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 8:54-56
54-56. If I honour myself, my honour is nothing, &c.--(See on Joh 5:31, &c.).
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on John 8:54-59
Christ and all that are his, depend upon God for honour. Men may be able to dispute about God, yet may not know him. Such as know not God, and obey not the gospel of Christ, are put together, 2Th 1:8. All who rightly know anything of Christ, earnestly desire to know more of him. Those who discern the dawn of the light of the Sun of Righteousness, wish to see his rising. "Before Abraham was, I AM." This speaks…
John 8:55 in the original Greek
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Cross references for John 8:55
- John 8:19
Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
- John 7:28-29
Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
- John 8:44
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
- Matthew 11:27
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
- Revelation 3:9
Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
- John 8:51
Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
- Jeremiah 4:22
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
- 1 John 5:10
He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
- John 15:21
But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
- John 6:46
Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
- John 10:15
As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
- 2 Corinthians 4:6
For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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Context
- John 8:54
Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
- John 8:55
Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
- John 8:56
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
John 8:55 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y no le conocéis: mas yo le conozco; y si dijere que no le conozco, seré como vosotros mentiroso: mas le conozco, y guardo su palabra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et vous ne le connaissez pas; mais moi, je le connais: et si je disais que je ne le connais pas, je serais menteur, semblable à vous; mais je le connais, et je garde sa parole. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und ihr habt ihn nicht erkannt, ich aber kenne ihn; und wenn ich sagte: Ich kenne ihn nicht, so würde ich euch gleich sein-ein Lügner. Aber ich kenne ihn, und ich bewahre sein Wort. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et non cognovistis eum: ego autem novi eum. Et si dixero quia non scio eum, ero similis vobis, mendax. Sed scio eum, et sermonem ejus servo. |