John 8:14

8:14 Jesus answered, ¹  “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people ²  do not know where I came from or where I am going. ³ 

John 8:55

8:55 Yet ⁴  you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, ⁵  I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey ⁶  his teaching. ⁷ 

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¹ tn Grk “Jesus answered and said to them.”

² tn The word “people” is supplied in the translation to indicate that the pronoun (“you”) and verb (“do not know”) in Greek are plural.

³ sn You people do not know where I came from or where I am going. The ignorance of the religious authorities regarding Jesus’ origin works on two levels at once: First, they thought Jesus came from Galilee (although he really came from Bethlehem in Judea) and second, they did not know that he came from heaven (from the Father), and this is where he would return. See further John 7:52.

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “Yet” to indicate the contrast present in the context.

⁵ tn Grk “If I say, ‘I do not know him.’”

⁶ tn Grk “I keep.”

⁷ tn Grk “his word.”