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John 8:24

King James Version (KJV)

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John 8:24

Verse 24 of 59

Scripture focus

I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins.

John 8:24 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on John 8:24

Theological / Devotional

Die in your sins. The Jews were dependent for salvation upon acceptance of the Deliverer whom God had sent. There was salvation in none other (Acts 4:12). Their rejection of the Saviour left them without a cloak to cover their sins (John 15:22).

I am he. Gr. ego eimi. The “he” is supplied. The same expression occurs in vs. 28, 58, and again in eh. 13:19. In the LXX ego eimi represents the Heb. ’ani hu’, literally, “I am he” (Deut. 32:39; Isa. 43:10). It is this relationship that doubtless led translators to supply the “he” in the present passage. Compare the expression “I am that I am” (Gr. ego eimi ho on) (Ex. 3:14). There may have been a direct allusion to Isa. 43:10, where the wording is strikingly similar to this present passage, “that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he.” See on John 6:20.

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