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Text -- John 8:24 (NET)

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8:24 Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”
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Robertson: Joh 8:24 - -- For except ye believe ( ean gar mē pisteusēte ). Negative condition of third class with ean mē and ingressive aorist active subjunctive of pi...

For except ye believe ( ean gar mē pisteusēte ).

Negative condition of third class with ean mē and ingressive aorist active subjunctive of pisteuō , "For unless ye come to believe."

Robertson: Joh 8:24 - -- That I am he ( hoti egō eimi ). Indirect discourse, but with no word in the predicate after the copula eimi . Jesus can mean either "that I am from...

That I am he ( hoti egō eimi ).

Indirect discourse, but with no word in the predicate after the copula eimi . Jesus can mean either "that I am from above"(Joh 8:23), "that I am the one sent from the Father or the Messiah"(Joh 7:18, Joh 7:28), "that I am the Light of the World"(Joh 8:12), "that I am the Deliverer from the bondage of sin"(Joh 8:28, Joh 8:31., and Joh 8:36), "that I am"without supplying a predicate in the absolute sense as the Jews (Deu 32:39) used the language of Jehovah (cf. Isa 43:10 where the very words occur hina pisteusēte -hoti egō eimi ). The phrase egō eimi occurs three times here (Joh 8:24, Joh 8:28, Joh 8:58) and also in Joh 13:19. Jesus seems to claim absolute divine being as in Joh 8:58.

Vincent: Joh 8:24 - -- I am he ( ἐγώ εἰμι ) He is inserted in the versions and is not in the text. By retaining it, we read, I am the Messiah . Bu...

I am he ( ἐγώ εἰμι )

He is inserted in the versions and is not in the text. By retaining it, we read, I am the Messiah . But the words are rather the solemn expression of His absolute divine being, as in Joh 8:58 : " If ye believe not that I am ." See Deu 32:39; Isa 43:10; and compare Joh 8:28, Joh 8:58 of this chapter, and Joh 13:19.

Wesley: Joh 8:24 - -- Here (as in Joh 8:58) our Lord claims the Divine name, I AM, Exo 3:14. But the Jews, as if he had stopped short, and not finished the sentence, answer...

Here (as in Joh 8:58) our Lord claims the Divine name, I AM, Exo 3:14. But the Jews, as if he had stopped short, and not finished the sentence, answered, Who art thou?

JFB: Joh 8:21-25 - -- (See on Joh 7:33).

(See on Joh 7:33).

JFB: Joh 8:24 - -- They knew well enough what He meant (Mar 13:6, Greek; compare Mat 24:5). But He would not, by speaking it out, give them the materials for a charge fo...

They knew well enough what He meant (Mar 13:6, Greek; compare Mat 24:5). But He would not, by speaking it out, give them the materials for a charge for which they were watching. At the same time, one is irresistibly reminded by such language, so far transcending what is becoming in men, of those ancient declarations of the God of Israel, "I AM HE" (Deu 32:39; Isa 43:10, Isa 43:13; Isa 46:4; Isa 48:12). See on Joh 6:20.

Calvin: Joh 8:24 - -- 24.You shall die in your sins Having formerly employed the singular number, in your sin, he now resorts to the plural number, in your sins; but the...

24.You shall die in your sins Having formerly employed the singular number, in your sin, he now resorts to the plural number, in your sins; but the meaning is the same, except that in the former passage he intended to point out that unbelief is the source and cause of all evils. Not that there are no other sins but unbelief, 223 or that it is unbelief alone which subjects us to the condemnation of eternal death before God, as some men too extravagantly talk; but because it drives us away from Christ, and deprives us of his grace, from which we ought to expect deliverance from all our sins. That the Jews reject the medicine with obstinate malice, is their mortal disease; and hence it arises that the slaves of Satan do not cease to heap up sins on sins, and continually to bring down upon themselves fresh condemnations. And, therefore, he immediately adds, —

If you do not believe that I am For there is no other way for lost men to recover salvation, but to betake themselves to Christ. The phrase, that I am, is emphatic; for, in order to make the meaning complete, we must supply all that the Scripture ascribes to the Messiah, and all that it bids us expect from him. But the sum and substance is — the restoration of the Church, the commencement of which is the light of faith, from which proceed righteousness and a new life. Some of the ancient writers have deduced from this passage the Divine essence of Christ; but that is a mistake, for he speaks of his office towards us. This statement is worthy of observation; for men never consider sufficiently the evils in which they are plunged; and though they are constrained to acknowledge their destruction, yet they neglect Christ, and look around them, in every direction, for useless remedies. Wherefore we ought to believe that, until the grace of Christ be manifested to deliver us, nothing but a boundless mass of all evils reigns perpetually in us. 224

Defender: Joh 8:24 - -- The word "he" is italicized in the Authorized Version, for Jesus actually said, simply, "I am," thus again claiming to be none other than Jehovah (Joh...

The word "he" is italicized in the Authorized Version, for Jesus actually said, simply, "I am," thus again claiming to be none other than Jehovah (Joh 8:58 referring to Exo 3:14). Thus, belief that Jesus is God is essential to salvation."

TSK: Joh 8:24 - -- I said : Joh 8:21 for : Joh 3:18, Joh 3:36; Pro 8:36; Mar 16:16; Act 4:12; Heb 2:3, Heb 10:26-29, Heb 12:25

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Joh 8:24 - -- That I am he - That I am the Messiah.

That I am he - That I am the Messiah.

Poole: Joh 8:24 - -- In the Greek it is only, if ye believe not that I am Some refer this to Christ’ s Divine nature; ( I am, is the name of God, Exo 3:14 ); but...

In the Greek it is only, if ye believe not that I am Some refer this to Christ’ s Divine nature; ( I am, is the name of God, Exo 3:14 ); but others rather think that Christ here speaketh of himself as the Messiah and Mediator, and so the object of people’ s faith; and he out of whom there is no salvation: the latter indeed includes the former; for cursed is he that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, Jer 17:5 . The text plainly holds forth an impossibility of salvation for those who, under the revelations of the gospel, receive not and believe not in Christ as Mediator.

Gill: Joh 8:24 - -- I said therefore unto you,.... Because they were from beneath, and of the world, and discovered an earthly, worldly, carnal, yea, devilish disposition...

I said therefore unto you,.... Because they were from beneath, and of the world, and discovered an earthly, worldly, carnal, yea, devilish disposition, in their conduct towards him:

that ye shall die in your sins; this he had said in Joh 8:21, and now repeats it, and confirms it by the following reason:

for if believe not that I am he; the everlasting and unchangeable I am, the true God, God over all, blessed for ever; the eternal Son of God, God manifest in the flesh, really made flesh, and become incarnate; the true Messiah, the only Saviour of sinners; the one and only Mediator between God and man; the Head of the church, prophet, priest, and King, and the Judge of quick and dead; as also the light of the world he had declared himself to be: these are things that are necessary to be believed concerning Christ; indeed, carnal and unregenerate men may believe all these things; the devils themselves do, and tremble at them; but then they, and so unconverted men, have no faith in them, with an application of them to themselves: true faith in Christ deals not with him in a general way, but in a special regard to a man's self; it is a seeing of Christ for a man's self; it is not an implicit faith, or a believing him to be what he is, merely upon report, but upon sight; it is a going out of the soul to Christ, a renouncing its own righteousness, and a trusting in him alone for life and salvation; it is with the heart, and from it, and is unfeigned; it works by love to Christ, and his people, and is attended with the fruits of righteousness, and a cheerful obedience to the commands and ordinances of Christ. Though perhaps no more than a general faith is here intended, for want of which, and their rejection of Jesus, as the Messiah, the Jews suffered temporal ruin; and had they but believed that Jesus was the Son of God, and true Messiah, they had been saved from that temporal destruction which came upon their nation, city, and temple; but not believing this in a general and notional, way, they perished, as is here threatened:

ye shall die in your sins; in which they were, being defiled with them, guilty before God for them, under the power of them, and liable to punishment for them; and so they remained, and did remain, and were yet in their sins, even until death, when they died in them, and for them, not only a corporeal, but an eternal death: for dying in their sins, these would be found upon them, and they would be charged with them, and must be answerable for them, and consequently endure the punishment of them, which is the second death. Dying in sin, and dying in Christ, are two widely different things. They that die in faith, die in Christ: they that die in unbelief, die in sin; and this is a dreadful dying; see Jos 22:20, where the Targum paraphrases it, "and he, one man", (or alone,) לא מות בחוביה, "did not die in his sins".

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Joh 8:24 See the note on Christ in 1:20.

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Joh 8:1-59 - --1 Christ delivers the woman taken in adultery.12 He declares himself the light of the world, and justifies his doctrine;31 promises freedom to those w...

Combined Bible: Joh 8:12-32 - --of the Gospel of John    CHAPTER 29    Christ, the Light of the World    John 8:12-32    The following ...

MHCC: Joh 8:21-29 - --Those that live in unbelief, are for ever undone, if they die in unbelief. The Jews belonged to this present evil world, but Jesus was of a heavenly a...

Matthew Henry: Joh 8:21-30 - -- Christ here gives fair warning to the careless unbelieving Jews to consider what would be the consequence of their infidelity, that they might preve...

Barclay: Joh 8:21-30 - --This is one of the passages of argument and debate so characteristic of the Fourth Gospel and so difficult to elucidate and to understand. In it vari...

Barclay: Joh 8:21-30 - --Jesus goes on to draw a series of contrasts. His opponents belong to earth, he is from heaven; they are of the world; he is not of the world. John...

Barclay: Joh 8:21-30 - --There is no verse in all the New Testament more difficult to translate than Joh 8:25. No one can really be sure what the Greek means. It could mean:...

Constable: Joh 1:19--13:1 - --II. Jesus' public ministry 1:19--12:50 The first part of the body of John's Gospel records Jesus' public ministr...

Constable: Joh 7:10--11:1 - --H. Jesus' third visit to Jerusalem 7:10-10:42 This section of the text describes Jesus' teaching in Jeru...

Constable: Joh 8:12-59 - --5. The light of the world discourse 8:12-59 Following Jesus' claim to be the water of life (7:37...

Constable: Joh 8:21-30 - --Jesus' claims about His origin 8:21-30 Jesus began to contrast Himself and His critics.310 8:21 Evidently what follows continues Jesus' teaching in th...

College: Joh 8:1-59 - --JOHN 8 Textual Parenthesis: The Woman Taken in Adultery (7:53-8:11) 53 Then each went to his own home. 1 But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. 2 A...

McGarvey: Joh 8:12-59 - -- LXXX. MESSIANIC CLAIMS MET BY ATTEMPT TO STONE JESUS. (Jerusalem. October, A. D. 29.) dJOHN VIII. 12-59.    d12 Again therefore Jesus...

Lapide: Joh 8:1-37 - --1-59 CHAPTER 8 Ver. 1.— But Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives. On the last day of the Feast Jesus had taught in the temple, and confuted the Ph...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: John (Book Introduction) THE Fourth Gospel By Way of Introduction Greatest of Books The test of time has given the palm to the Fourth Gospel over all the books of the wor...

JFB: John (Book Introduction) THE author of the Fourth Gospel was the younger of the two sons of Zebedee, a fisherman on the Sea of Galilee, who resided at Bethsaida, where were bo...

JFB: John (Outline) THE WORD MADE FLESH. (Joh 1:1-14) A SAYING OF THE BAPTIST CONFIRMATORY OF THIS. (Joh 1:15) SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED. (Joh 1:16-18) THE BAPTIST'S TESTIM...

TSK: John (Book Introduction) John, who, according to the unanimous testimony of the ancient fathers and ecclesiastical writers, was the author of this Gospel, was the son of Zebed...

TSK: John 8 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Joh 8:1, Christ delivers the woman taken in adultery; Joh 8:12, He declares himself the light of the world, and justifies his doctrine; J...

Poole: John 8 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 8

MHCC: John (Book Introduction) The apostle and evangelist, John, seems to have been the youngest of the twelve. He was especially favoured with our Lord's regard and confidence, so ...

MHCC: John 8 (Chapter Introduction) (Joh 8:1-11) The Pharisees and the adulteress. (v. 12-59) Christ's discourse with the Pharisees.

Matthew Henry: John (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Gospel According to St. John It is not material to enquire when and where this gospel was written; ...

Matthew Henry: John 8 (Chapter Introduction) In this chapter we have, I. Christ's evading the snare which the Jews laid for him, in bringing to him a woman taken in adultery (Joh 8:1-11). II...

Barclay: John (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT JOHN The Gospel Of The EagleEye For many Christian people the Gospel according to St. John is the mos...

Barclay: John 8 (Chapter Introduction) The Light Men Failed To Recognize (Joh_8:12-20) The Light Men Failed To Recognize (Joh_8:12-20 Continued) The Light Men Failed To Recognize (Joh_...

Constable: John (Book Introduction) Introduction Writer The writer of this Gospel did not identify himself as such in the ...

Constable: John (Outline) Outline I. Prologue 1:1-18 A. The preincarnate Word 1:1-5 B. The witness...

Constable: John John Bibliography Allen, Ronald B. "Affirming Right-of-Way on Ancient Paths." Bibliotheca Sacra 153:609 (Januar...

Haydock: John (Book Introduction) THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN. INTRODUCTION St. John, the evangelist, a native of Bathsaida, in Galilee, was the son ...

Gill: John (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JOHN The author of this Gospel is John, the son of Zebedee and Salome, the brother of James the greater; he outlived the rest of th...

College: John (Book Introduction) PREFACE INTRODUCTION Even the casual reader of the New Testament will notice that the first three accounts of Jesus' life are generally similar in t...

College: John (Outline) OUTLINE A good outline is more than half the battle in one's understanding and remembering the contents of any book. There is more than one way to bre...

Lapide: John (Book Introduction) NOTICE TO THE READER. Gospel of John Intro ——o—— AS it has been found impossible to compress the Translation of the Commentary upon S. John...

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