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John Chapter 8 verse 45 Holy Bible

ASV John 8:45

But because I say the truth, ye believe me not.
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BBE John 8:45

But because I say what is true, you have no belief in me.
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DARBY John 8:45

and because I speak the truth, ye do not believe me.
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KJV John 8:45

And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
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WBT John 8:45

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WEB John 8:45

But because I tell the truth, you don't believe me.
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YLT John 8:45

`And because I say the truth, ye do not believe me.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 45. - Then, turning to these children of the wicked one, Christ delivered a tremendous denunciation: But because I say the truth - because I am the Organ, Utterance, and Incarnation of the truth - ye believe me not. If he spake lies to them, they would greedily receive them. The very cause of their lack of credence is the utterance of truth. The "I" is emphatic, and set over against the "you" of the second clause. There is a tragic force about this charge almost unparalleled, implying the most wilful estrangement from God, a rejection of known truth because it was truth, a love of darkness because it was darkness, a moral obtuseness which answers to the terrible language, "Lest they should see with their eyes," etc.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(45) And because I tell you the truth.--The pronoun is full of emphatic meaning. And I, as contrary to him, because 1 tell you the truth, as contrary to the lie which is his characteristic.Ye believe me not--i.e., ye believe not what I say. It does not mean, Ye believe not on Me, but Ye accept not the truth which I speak. There is something startling in this sharp opposition of truth and unbelief. To speak the truth is commonly to command belief. The mind of man is so constituted that truth is the first object of its search. Here was perfect truth presented to men, and they refused to accept it, because it was the truth, and they were themselves children of him who was a liar.