Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me! New Living Translation So when I tell the truth, you just naturally don’t believe me! English Standard Version But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. Berean Study Bible But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me! Berean Literal Bible Now because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me! King James Bible And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. New King James Version But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. New American Standard Bible But because I say the truth, you do not believe Me. NASB 1995 “But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me. NASB 1977 “But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me. Amplified Bible But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me [and continue in your unbelief]. Christian Standard Bible Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. Holman Christian Standard Bible Yet because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. American Standard Version But because I say the truth, ye believe me not. Aramaic Bible in Plain English “But you are not believing in me, I who am speaking the truth.” Contemporary English Version Everything I have told you is true, and you still refuse to have faith in me. Douay-Rheims Bible But if I say the truth, you believe me not. Good News Translation But I tell the truth, and that is why you do not believe me. International Standard Version But it is because I speak the truth that you don't believe me. Literal Standard Version And because I say the truth, you do not believe Me. New American Bible But because I speak the truth, you do not believe me. NET Bible But because I am telling you the truth, you do not believe me. New Revised Standard Version But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. New Heart English Bible But because I tell the truth, you do not believe me. Weymouth New Testament But because I speak the truth, you do not believe me. World English Bible But because I tell the truth, you don't believe me. Young's Literal Translation 'And because I say the truth, ye do not believe me. Additional Translations ... Context The Children of the Devil…44You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies. 45But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me! 46Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?… Cross References John 18:37 "Then You are a king!" Pilate said. "You say that I am a king," Jesus answered. "For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice." John 8:46 Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me? Treasury of Scripture And because I tell you the truth, you believe me not. John 3:19,20 And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil… John 7:7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. Galatians 4:16 Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?
(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. Verse 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.Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Butδὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. because ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. I ἐγὼ (egō) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. speak λέγω (legō) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular Strong's 3004: (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command. the τὴν (tēn) Article - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. truth, ἀλήθειαν (alētheian) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 225: From alethes; truth. you do not believe πιστεύετέ (pisteuete) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4100: From pistis; to have faith, i.e. Credit; by implication, to entrust. Me! μοι (moi) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Singular Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. Jump to Previous Belief Believe Speak Truth True.Jump to Next Belief Believe Speak Truth True.Links John 8:45 NIVJohn 8:45 NLT John 8:45 ESV John 8:45 NASB John 8:45 KJV John 8:45 BibleApps.com John 8:45 Biblia Paralela John 8:45 Chinese Bible John 8:45 French Bible John 8:45 Catholic Bible NT Gospels: John 8:45 But because I tell the truth you (Jhn Jo Jn) |
   
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