Light of the World/I am discourse
John 8:12-59
8:12Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
8:13The Pharisees therefore said to him, “You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid.”
8:14Jesus answered them, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don’t know where I came from, or where I am going.
8:15You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.
8:16Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.
8:17It’s also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid.
8:18I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”
8:19They 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.”
8:20Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
8:21Jesus 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.”
8:22The Jews therefore said, “Will he kill himself, because he says, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come’?”
8:23He said to them, “You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.