John 8:28

8:28 Then Jesus said, ¹  “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, ²  and I do nothing on my own initiative, ³  but I speak just what the Father taught me. ⁴ 

John 8:42

8:42 Jesus replied, ⁵  “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. ⁶  I ⁷  have not come on my own initiative, ⁸  but he ⁹  sent me.

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¹ tn Grk “Then Jesus said to them” (the words “to them” are not found in all mss).

² tn Grk “that I am.” See the note on this phrase in v. 24.

³ tn Grk “I do nothing from myself.”

⁴ tn Grk “but just as the Father taught me, these things I speak.”

⁵ tn Grk “Jesus said to them.”

⁶ tn Or “I came from God and have arrived.”

⁷ tn Grk “For I.” Here γάρ (gar) has not been translated.

⁸ tn Grk “from myself.”

⁹ tn Grk “that one” (referring to God).