John 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 

Nu 16:28-30; Mt 27:50-54; Joh 3:11; Joh 3:14; Joh 5:19,30; Joh 6:38; Joh 11:42; Joh 12:32-34; Joh 12:49,50; Joh 19:18; Ac 2:41; Ac 4:4; Ro 1:4; 1Th 2:15,16; Heb 2:2,3

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.”