💫WEB · John 8:20
What does John 8:20 mean?
"Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come."
— John 8:20 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
It’s also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid.
I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”
They said therefore to him, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”
Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
Jesus said therefore again to them, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can’t come.”
The Jews therefore said, “Will he kill himself, because he says, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come’?”
He said to them, “You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.
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