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I have not come on my own; God sent me. <a href="/nlt/john/8.htm">New Living Translation</a> Jesus told them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, because I have come to you from God. I am not here on my own, but he sent me. <a href="/esv/john/8.htm">English Standard Version</a> Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me. <a href="/bsb/john/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me. <a href="/blb/john/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would have loved Me, for I came forth from God and am here; for not even have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. <a href="/kjv/john/8.htm">King James Bible</a> Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. <a href="/nkjv/john/8.htm">New King James Version</a> Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and came from God; nor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. <a href="/nasb_/john/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I came forth from God and am here; for I have not even come on My own, but He sent Me. <a href="/nasb/john/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> Jesus said to them, &#8220If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me. <a href="/nasb77/john/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me; for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me. <a href="/lsb/john/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come of Myself, but He sent Me. <a href="/amp/john/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father [but He is not], you would love and recognize Me, for I came from God [out of His very presence] and have arrived here. For I have not even come on My own initiative [as self-appointed], but He [is the One who] sent Me. <a href="/csb/john/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and I am here. For I didn’t come on my own, but he sent me. <a href="/hcsb/john/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Jesus said to them, &#8220If God were your Father, you would love Me, because I came from God and I am here. For I didn&#8217t come on My own, but He sent Me. <a href="/asv/john/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me. <a href="/cev/john/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Jesus answered: If God were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and now I am here. He sent me. I did not come on my own. <a href="/erv/john/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me. <a href="/gwt/john/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Jesus told them, "If God were your Father, you would love me. After all, I'm here, and I came from God. I didn't come on my own. Instead, God sent me. <a href="/gnt/john/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> Jesus said to them, "If God really were your Father, you would love me, because I came from God and now I am here. I did not come on my own authority, but he sent me. <a href="/isv/john/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> Jesus told them, "If God were your Father, you would've loved me, because I came from God and am here. I haven't come on my own accord, but he sent me. <a href="/net/john/8.htm">NET Bible</a> Jesus replied, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. I have not come on my own initiative, but he sent me. <a href="/nheb/john/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I have not come of myself, but he sent me. <a href="/wbt/john/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. <a href="/wey/john/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "If God were your Father," said Jesus, "you would love me; for it is from God that I came and I am now here. I have not come of myself, but *He* sent me.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/john/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me. <a href="/web/john/8.htm">World English Bible</a> Therefore Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/john/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Jesus then said to them, “If God were your father, you were loving Me, for I came forth from God, and am come; for neither have I come of Myself, but He sent Me; <a href="/blb/john/8.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would have loved Me, for I came forth from God and am here; for not even have I come of Myself, but He sent Me. <a href="/ylt/john/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Jesus then said to them, 'If God were your father, ye were loving me, for I came forth from God, and am come; for neither have I come of myself, but He sent me; <a href="/slt/john/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Then said Jesus to them, If God were your Father, ye had loved me: for I went forth from God, and came; for I have not come of myself, but he sent me.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/john/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Jesus therefore said to them: If God were your Father, you would indeed love me. For from God I proceeded, and came; for I came not of myself, but he sent me: <a href="/cpdv/john/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Then Jesus said to them: “If God were your father, certainly you would love me. For I proceeded and came from God. For I did not come from myself, but he sent me. <a href="/nabre/john/8.htm">New American Bible</a> Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and am here; I did not come on my own, but he sent me. <a href="/nrsvce/john/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now I am here. I did not come on my own, but he sent me.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/john/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love me, for I proceeded and came from God; I did not come of my own accord, but he sent me. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/john/8.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Yeshua said unto them, “If God were your father, you would have loved me, for I have proceeded from God and have not come of my own pleasure, but he has sent Me.”<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/john/8.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> Jesus said to them: If God were your father, you would love me; for I came forth from God and have come hither; nor, indeed, did I come of myself, but he sent me. <a href="/godbey/john/8.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> Jesus said to them; <FR>If God were your Father, you would love me: for I came out from God, and I return; for I have not spoken from myself, but He sent me.<Fr> <a href="/haweis/john/8.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Then said Jesus unto them, If God was your Father, ye would have loved me: for I came out from God, and I am coming; neither indeed came I of myself, but he hath sent me. <a href="/mace/john/8.htm">Mace New Testament</a> Jesus said to them, if God were your father, ye would love me: for I was commissioned by God to come; I did not come of my self, but he sent me. <a href="/wey/john/8.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> "If God were your Father," said Jesus, "you would love me; for it is from God that I came and I am now here. I have not come of myself, but *He* sent me. <a href="/worrell/john/8.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> Jesus said to them, <FR>"If God were your Father, ye would love Me; for I came forth, and have come from, God; for neither have I come of Myself, but He sent Me.<Fr> <a href="/worsley/john/8.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Jesus said unto them, <FR>If God were your father, ye would love me: for I came forth, and do come, from God; neither came I of myself, but He sent me.<Fr> <a href="/parallel/john/8-42.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ixy2bchmXZ0?start=3035" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/john/8.htm">The Children of the Devil</a> 41You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.” 42<a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2424.htm" title="2424: Iēsous (N-NMS) -- Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.">Jesus</a> <a href="/greek/2036.htm" title="2036: Eipen (V-AIA-3S) -- Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.">said</a> <a href="/greek/846.htm" title="846: autois (PPro-DM3P) -- He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.">to them,</a> <a href="/greek/1487.htm" title="1487: Ei (Conj) -- If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.">“If</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: ho (Art-NMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theos (N-NMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God</a> <a href="/greek/1510.htm" title="1510: ēn (V-IIA-3S) -- I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.">were</a> <a href="/greek/4771.htm" title="4771: hymōn (PPro-G2P) -- You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.">your</a> <a href="/greek/3962.htm" title="3962: Patēr (N-NMS) -- Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a father.">Father,</a> <a href="/greek/302.htm" title="302: an (Prtcl) -- A primary particle, denoting a supposition, wish, possibility or uncertainty."></a> <a href="/greek/25.htm" title="25: ēgapate (V-IIA-2P) -- To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.">you would love</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: eme (PPro-A1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">Me,</a> <a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">for</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: egō (PPro-N1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">I</a> <a href="/greek/1831.htm" title="1831: exēlthon (V-AIA-1S) -- To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue.">have come</a> <a href="/greek/2240.htm" title="2240: hēkō (V-PIA-1S) -- To have come, be present, have arrived. A primary verb; to arrive, i.e. Be present.">here</a> <a href="/greek/1537.htm" title="1537: ek (Prep) -- From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.">from</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the."></a> <a href="/greek/2316.htm" title="2316: Theou (N-GMS) -- A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very.">God.</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason."></a> <a href="/greek/2064.htm" title="2064: elēlytha (V-RIA-1S) -- To come, go. ">I have not come</a> <a href="/greek/3761.htm" title="3761: oude (Adv) -- Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even."></a> <a href="/greek/575.htm" title="575: ap’ (Prep) -- From, away from. A primary particle; off, i.e. Away, in various senses.">on</a> <a href="/greek/1683.htm" title="1683: emautou (PPro-GM1S) -- Genitive case compound of emou and autos; of myself so likewise the dative case emautoi em-ow-to', and accusative case emauton em-ow-ton'.">My own,</a> <a href="/greek/235.htm" title="235: all’ (Conj) -- But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise.">but</a> <a href="/greek/1565.htm" title="1565: ekeinos (DPro-NMS) -- That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed.">He</a> <a href="/greek/649.htm" title="649: apesteilen (V-AIA-3S) -- From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively.">sent</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: me (PPro-A1S) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">Me. </a> 43Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/john/14-6.htm">John 14:6</a> Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. <a href="/john/5-23.htm">John 5:23</a> so that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. <a href="/john/7-28.htm">John 7:28-29</a> Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him, / but I know Him, because I am from Him and He sent Me.” <a href="/john/16-27.htm">John 16:27-28</a> For the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came from God. / I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.” <a href="/john/17-8.htm">John 17:8</a> For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me. <a href="/1_john/5-1.htm">1 John 5:1</a> Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him. <a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16-17</a> For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. / For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. <a href="/john/6-29.htm">John 6:29</a> Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.” <a href="/john/10-30.htm">John 10:30</a> I and the Father are one.” <a href="/john/12-49.htm">John 12:49-50</a> I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it. / And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.” <a href="/1_john/4-9.htm">1 John 4:9-10</a> This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. / And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. <a href="/galatians/4-4.htm">Galatians 4:4</a> But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law, <a href="/hebrews/1-1.htm">Hebrews 1:1-2</a> On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets. / But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe. <a href="/matthew/11-27.htm">Matthew 11:27</a> All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him. <a href="/luke/10-16.htm">Luke 10:16</a> Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.If.<a href="/john/5-23.htm">John 5:23</a> That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.<a href="/john/15-23.htm">John 15:23,24</a> He that hateth me hateth my Father also… <a href="/malachi/1-6.htm">Malachi 1:6</a> A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?for.<a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a> And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.<a href="/john/16-27.htm">John 16:27,28</a> For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God… <a href="/john/17-8.htm">John 17:8,25</a> For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me… neither.<a href="/john/5-43.htm">John 5:43</a> I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.<a href="/john/7-28.htm">John 7:28,29</a> 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… <a href="/john/12-49.htm">John 12:49</a> For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/john/7-28.htm">Accord</a> <a href="/john/8-9.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/john/8-28.htm">Initiative</a> <a href="/john/8-39.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/5-42.htm">Love</a> <a href="/luke/22-39.htm">Proceeded</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/john/10-18.htm">Accord</a> <a href="/john/8-59.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/john/10-18.htm">Initiative</a> <a href="/john/8-49.htm">Jesus</a> <a href="/john/10-17.htm">Love</a> <a href="/john/13-5.htm">Proceeded</a><div class="vheading2">John 8</div>1. <a href="/john/8-1.htm">Jesus delivers the woman taken in adultery.</a> 12. <a href="/john/8-12.htm">He declares himself the light of the world, and justifies his doctrine;</a> 31. <a href="/john/8-31.htm">promises freedom to those who believe;</a> 33. <a href="/john/8-33.htm">answers the Jews who boasted of Abraham;</a> 48. <a href="/john/8-48.htm">answers their reviling, by showing his authority and dignity;</a> 59. <a href="/john/8-59.htm">and slips away from those who would stone him.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/john/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/john/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Jesus said to them This phrase indicates a direct address by Jesus, often used to introduce His teachings or responses to questions. In the context of <a href="/john/8.htm">John 8</a>, Jesus is speaking to the Pharisees and Jewish leaders, who are questioning His authority and identity. This setting is crucial as it highlights the tension between Jesus and the religious authorities of His time.If God were your Father Here, Jesus challenges the spiritual paternity of His listeners. The Jewish leaders prided themselves on being descendants of Abraham and considered God their Father. However, Jesus implies that true spiritual kinship with God is not based on lineage but on recognizing and accepting Him, the Son. This echoes the theme in <a href="/john/1-12.htm">John 1:12-13</a>, where becoming children of God is linked to receiving Christ.you would love Me Love for Jesus is presented as evidence of a genuine relationship with God. This statement underscores the inseparable connection between the Father and the Son. In <a href="/john/14-21.htm">John 14:21</a>, Jesus reiterates that those who love Him will be loved by the Father, emphasizing that love for Christ is a hallmark of true discipleship.for I have come here from God Jesus asserts His divine origin and mission. This claim is central to the Gospel of John, which repeatedly emphasizes Jesus as the Word made flesh (<a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>). His coming from God signifies His pre-existence and divine authority, fulfilling Old Testament prophecies about the Messiah's divine nature (e.g., <a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Isaiah 9:6</a>).I have not come on My own This phrase highlights Jesus' submission to the Father's will, a recurring theme in His ministry. It reflects the unity and purpose within the Trinity, as seen in <a href="/john/5-19.htm">John 5:19</a>, where Jesus states that He can do nothing by Himself but only what He sees the Father doing. This submission is a model for believers in their relationship with God.but He sent Me The sending of Jesus by the Father underscores His role as the divinely appointed Savior. This mission is rooted in the love and redemptive plan of God, as expressed in <a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a>. The concept of being sent also connects to the Old Testament prophets, who were sent by God to deliver His message, but Jesus is the ultimate fulfillment of this divine sending.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jesus.htm">Jesus</a> The central figure in this passage, Jesus is addressing the Jewish leaders and people who are questioning His authority and identity. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jewish_leaders.htm">Jewish Leaders</a> The audience to whom Jesus is speaking. They are skeptical of Jesus' claims and are challenging His teachings. 3. <a href="/topical/g/god_the_father.htm">God the Father</a> Referred to by Jesus as the one who sent Him, emphasizing the divine origin and authority of His mission. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_sending_of_jesus.htm">The Sending of Jesus</a> This event highlights the divine mission of Jesus, sent by God to fulfill His purpose on earth. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_concept_of_spiritual_fatherhood.htm">The Concept of Spiritual Fatherhood</a> Jesus challenges the Jewish leaders' claim of God as their Father, pointing to the necessity of recognizing and loving Jesus as evidence of true spiritual kinship with God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/u/understanding_divine_mission.htm">Understanding Divine Mission</a> Recognize that Jesus' mission was divinely ordained, and His authority comes from God the Father. This understanding should deepen our reverence and commitment to His teachings. <a href="/topical/l/love_as_evidence_of_faith.htm">Love as Evidence of Faith</a> True love for Jesus is evidence of a genuine relationship with God. Evaluate your love for Christ as a reflection of your spiritual kinship with the Father. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_discernment.htm">Spiritual Discernment</a> Discern the true nature of spiritual fatherhood. Claiming God as Father requires a heart aligned with His will, demonstrated through love and acceptance of Jesus. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_being_sent.htm">The Importance of Being Sent</a> Reflect on the concept of being sent by God in your own life. Consider how you can fulfill your divine purpose and mission in your daily walk. <a href="/topical/c/challenge_of_spiritual_identity.htm">Challenge of Spiritual Identity</a> Jesus challenges the Jewish leaders' spiritual identity. Reflect on your own spiritual identity and ensure it aligns with the truth of the Gospel.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_john_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from John 8</a> <a href="/q/who_is_known_as_the_father_of_lies.htm">Who is known as the father of lies?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_being_in_god's_family_mean.htm">What does being in God's family mean?</a> <a href="/q/is_everyone_genuinely_a_child_of_god.htm">Is everyone genuinely a child of God?</a> <a href="/q/what_did_jesus_say_in_john_5_31,_8_14.htm">In the Gospel of John, what did Jesus say about bearing his own witness in John 5:31 and John 8:14?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/john/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(42) If God were your Father, ye would love me.--This follows because they would then be in a relationship of spiritual affinity to Him. God's children would bear the spiritual image of their Father, and would love Him who came from God, but they were seeking to kill Him (<a href="/john/8-40.htm" title="But now you seek to kill me, a man that has told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.">John 8:40</a>).I proceeded forth and came from God.--Better, am come, am here. His presence with them was the result of His proceeding from God. As the Son of God He had eternal fellowship with the Father. The Incarnation was not the mission of one whose existence was separate from that of God, but it was the mission of the Son who proceeded from the Father. (Comp. <a href="/john/16-27.htm" title="For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.">John 16:27</a> et seq.)Neither came I of myself, but he sent me.--Literally, for not even of Myself am I come, but He sent Me; as opposed to the thought that His origin was distinct from the Father. His coming was not His own act, but was a mission from God to the world.But if He is sent from God, if He is present with them from God, if He proceeded from the Father, it must be that all who are true children of God would recognise and love Him.It is important to note here that in our Lord's own words there is an assertion of the oneness of nature and of will with that of the Father, and yet the distinction of person is maintained. He is come from God, but He proceeded from the divine essence. He proceeded forth, and yet He was sent.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/john/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 42. - But Jesus will not allow them to claim the full privilege of sons of God. Said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would be loving me, not seeking to slay me. Seeing that you do not love me, God is not your Father in the sense in which you are boasting such relation to him. The reason is: For I came forth out (ἐκ) of God. This expression only occurs in one other passage (<a href="/john/16-28.htm">John 16:28</a>), and there the texts vary between ἐκ ἀπὸ, and παρά. It points to the momentous and unique fact of his incarnation, as the projection from the very essence of God involved in the essence of his being. The Father is the eternal Source of Christ's Divine nature. There are two ether forms of expression used by our Lord. In <a href="/john/13-3.htm">John 13:3</a> and John 16:30 ἐξελθεῖν ἀπό is adopted, which describes rather the act of the incarnated One; and in <a href="/john/16-27.htm">John 16:27</a> and John 17:8 ἐξελθεῖν παρά, whereby is suggested the procession of Christ into the condition of fellowship with the eternal Father or that of being πρὸς τὸν Θεόν or εἰς τὸν κόλπον. By ἐξελθεῖν ἐκ he implies an even sublimer conception of the prenatal glory, and that, as the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews puts it, "he was the Effulgence of his glory, and the express Image of his substance." And I am come. I am here face to face with you. Meyer and others would make both verbs depend on ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ: but if we are right in the special meaning of the preposition, the force of it would be lost in the second clause. The ἐξῆλθον refers to his eternal procession from the very nature of God, and special indication of it when he took our human nature up into his own; and the ἤκω refers to his presence and appearance in their midst as a "Man who told them the truth." For neither have I come. The perfect tense here is used in contrast to the present ἥκω, to show that he has the whole past of his career as a divinely sent Messenger present in his consciousness. And he establishes the fact that he has proceeded from God by the dismission of every other alternative. I have not come from myself, as an act of self-determination; I have not come to do my own will, but the Father's. I have not come on any self-chosen, self-honouring path, with motives of self-interest; but in strict obedience to the Father's injunction - he sent me. You would have loved me, not hated me, you would have trusted me and rejoiced in me, and not sought to kill me, if God were your Father; for you would then have felt all through my career that that One Father, of whom you boast an intimate knowledge, was revealing himself as One near to you, close to you, in the bare fact of my presence among you. <a href="/commentaries/john/8-42.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Jesus Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2424.htm">Strong's 2424: </a> Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites. said Εἶπεν (Eipen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2036.htm">Strong's 2036: </a> Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say. to them, αὐτοῖς (autois) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_846.htm">Strong's 846: </a> He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. “If Εἰ (Ei) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1487.htm">Strong's 1487: </a> If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. God Θεὸς (Theos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. were ἦν (ēn) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1510.htm">Strong's 1510: </a> I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. your ὑμῶν (hymōn) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_4771.htm">Strong's 4771: </a> You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. Father, Πατὴρ (Patēr) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3962.htm">Strong's 3962: </a> Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'. you would love ἠγαπᾶτε (ēgapate) Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_25.htm">Strong's 25: </a> To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love. Me, ἐμέ (eme) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. for γὰρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. I ἐγὼ (egō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. have come ἐξῆλθον (exēlthon) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1831.htm">Strong's 1831: </a> To go out, come out. From ek and erchomai; to issue. here ἥκω (hēkō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2240.htm">Strong's 2240: </a> To have come, be present, have arrived. A primary verb; to arrive, i.e. Be present. from ἐκ (ek) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1537.htm">Strong's 1537: </a> From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. God. Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2316.htm">Strong's 2316: </a> A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. I have not come ἐλήλυθα (elēlytha) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2064.htm">Strong's 2064: </a> To come, go. on ἀπ’ (ap’) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_575.htm">Strong's 575: </a> From, away from. A primary particle; 'off, ' i.e. Away, in various senses. My own, ἐμαυτοῦ (emautou) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1683.htm">Strong's 1683: </a> Genitive case compound of emou and autos; of myself so likewise the dative case emautoi em-ow-to', and accusative case emauton em-ow-ton'. but ἀλλ’ (all’) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_235.htm">Strong's 235: </a> But, except, however. Neuter plural of allos; properly, other things, i.e. contrariwise. He ἐκεῖνός (ekeinos) Demonstrative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1565.htm">Strong's 1565: </a> That, that one there, yonder. From ekei; that one (neuter) thing); often intensified by the article prefixed. sent ἀπέστειλεν (apesteilen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_649.htm">Strong's 649: </a> From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively. Me. με (me) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. 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