John Chapter 8 verse 18 Holy Bible

ASV John 8:18

I am he that beareth witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
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BBE John 8:18

I give witness about myself and the Father who sent me gives witness about me.
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DARBY John 8:18

I am [one] who bear witness concerning myself, and the Father who has sent me bears witness concerning me.
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KJV John 8:18

I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.
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WEB John 8:18

I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me."
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YLT John 8:18

I am `one' who is testifying of myself, and the Father who sent me doth testify of me.'
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John 8 : 18 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - I am the (one) that bears witness concerning myself - I have said it, and abide by it, and I know what I say and how fully I am fulfilling these words - and the Father that sent me heareth witness concerning me. His words reflected his own Divine self-consciousness. They bore one witness to his unique position. They brought out the inner thoughts of Christ, and revealed the life that was light. The word, the speech, of Christ was a fire kindled which would never be extinguished - it was the formal utterance of the eternal reality but it did not stand alone. The Father that sent him, by a long chain of events and revelations, by miracles and mighty energies, by the conference of the spirit of conviction upon the minds that gave candid attention to his verbal testimony, by the providential concurrence of facts with prophetic anticipation, was bearing witness concerning him. The argument is sufficient, so soon as we admit the terms used by Jesus, so soon as we recognize the ideas of the Son of God and of the Father, both alike revealed in the Person of Christ. We can understand, and to some extent sympathize with, the perplexity of the Pharisees. Later experiences have made it easier for us to understand the testimony of the Father, the presence and witness of God over and above the testimony of men and coincident with it (cf. John 15:27; Hebrews 2:4). All great spiritual revivals have given ample proof of the twofold testimony (see 1 Thessalonians 2:13; Romans 8:17, where Paul, the writer of the Epistle, shows himself familiar with this "Johannine" thought; cf. Hebrews 2:4).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) I am one that bear witness of myself.--The Greek has no word to express the English "one." It is more exactly, I am He who beareth witness. The twofold witness is (1) in His own individuality--I, who know whence I came and whither I go, testify of Myself to you who know neither; and (2) in the fact that the Father sent Him. He is the Ambassador from the Father, accredited by the Father's works and the voice from heaven, and His word is official as well as personal.The thought is closely connected with that of John 8:16. His judgment is not individual judgment, because of the union with the Father. His witness is not only individual witness, but that of the Father also. The whole passage should be carefully compared with the close of John 5.