John 8:28

Easy To Read Version

So Jesus said to them, “You will lift up (kill) the Son of Man. {\cf2\super [134]} Then you will know that I AM. {\cf2\super [135]} You will know that these things I do are not by my own authority (power). You will know that I say only the things that the Father has taught me.

Cross References

Exodus 3:14

Then God said to Moses, “{Tell them,} ‘I AM WHO I AM.’ [20] When you go to the people of Israel, tell them, ‘I AM’ sent me to you.”

Matthew 24:5

Many people will come and use my name. They will say, ‘I am the Christ. {\cf2\super [366]} ’ And they will fool many people.

Mark 13:6

Many people will come and use my name. They will say, ‘I am the One.’ And they will fool many people.

Luke 21:8

Jesus said, “Be careful! Don’t be fooled. Many people will come using my name. They will say, ‘I am \{the Christ {\cf2\super [332]} \}’ and, ‘The right time has come!’ But don’t follow them.

John 11:42

I know that you always hear me. But I said these things because of the people here around me. I want them to believe that you sent me.”

John 13:19

I am telling you this now before it happens. Then when it happens you will believe that I AM. {\cf2\super [210]}

John 16:10

He will prove to them about \{my\} being right with God, because I am going to the Father. You will not see me then.

John 18:32

(This happened so that what Jesus said about how he would die would be true.)

John 19:18

At Golgotha they nailed Jesus to the cross. They also put two other men on crosses. They put the men on each side of Jesus with Jesus in the middle.

John 3:11

I tell you the truth. We talk about what we know. We tell about what we have seen. But you people don’t accept what we tell you.

John 3:14

“Moses lifted up the snake in the desert. {\cf2\super [49]} It is the same with the Son of Man. The Son of Man must be lifted up too.

John 4:26

Then Jesus said, “That person is talking to you now. I am \{the Messiah\}.”

John 5:19

But Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth. The Son can do nothing alone. The Son does only what he sees his Father doing. The Son does the same things that the Father does.

John 5:30

“I can do nothing alone. I judge only the way I am told. So my judgment is right. Why? Because I don’t try to please myself. But I want to please the One (God) who sent me.

John 6:38

I came down from heaven to do what God wants me to do. I did not come to do what I want to do.

John 8:24

I told you that you would die with your sins. Yes, you will die with your sins, if you don’t believe that I AM. {\cf2\super [133]} ”

John 8:27

These Jews did not understand who Jesus was talking about. Jesus was telling them about the Father (God).

John 8:58

Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth. Before Abraham {\cf2\super [149]} was born, I AM. {\cf2\super [150]} ”

Acts 2:41

Then those people who accepted (believed) what Peter said were baptized. {\cf2\super [44]} On that day about 3,000 people were added to the group of believers.

Acts 4:4

But many of the people that heard Peter and John believed the things they said. There were now about 5,000 men in the group of believers.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will send them a prophet [121] like you. This prophet will be one of their own people. I will tell him the things he must say. And he will tell the people everything I command.