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John 8:38 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for John 8:38 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting John chapter 8 verse 38 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.”
John 8:38 (KJV)
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Commentary on John 8:38
I speak that which I have seen with my Father—The perfect tense ἑώρακα (heōraka, 'I have seen') indicates completed action with ongoing results: Jesus has seen and continues to bear witness to what He's seen. This isn't secondhand report or learned tradition but eyewitness testimony from eternity. The preposition παρὰ (para, 'with/beside') indicates intimate presence—Jesus speaks from face-to-face fellowship with the Father, not distant observation. His teaching originates in the Godhead, not human reasoning or rabbinical tradition. This claim asserts preexistence and deity—only one who eterna...
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Cross-References for John 8:38
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“Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.,Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.,,,,,,,,”
“the devil”
“I judge”
“but the Father who sent me”
“God.,Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.,,,,,,,,”
“and the Father in me? The words that I tell you”
“these I say to the world.,I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.,,,,,,,,”
“but the Father's who sent me.”
“for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed”
“of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.”