John 8:29

8:29 And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, ¹  because I always do those things that please him.”

John 8:28

8:28 Then Jesus said, ²  “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, ³  and I do nothing on my own initiative, ⁴  but I speak just what the Father taught me. ⁵ 

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¹ tn That is, “he has not abandoned me.”

² tn Grk “Then Jesus said to them” (the words “to them” are not found in all mss).

³ tn Grk “that I am.” See the note on this phrase in v. 24.

⁴ tn Grk “I do nothing from myself.”

⁵ tn Grk “but just as the Father taught me, these things I speak.”