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Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am [he], and [that] I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things.

Then {G5119} said {G2036} Jesus {G2424} unto them {G846}, When {G3752} ye have lifted up {G5312} the Son {G5207} of man {G444}, then {G3767} shall ye know {G1097} that {G3754} I {G1473} am {G1510} he, and {G2532} that I do {G4160} nothing {G3762} of {G575} myself {G1683}; but {G235} as {G2531} my {G3450} Father {G3962} hath taught {G1321} me {G3165}, I speak {G2980} these things {G5023}.

So Yeshua said, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I AM [who I say I am], and that of myself I do nothing, but say only what the Father has taught me.

So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.

Jesus therefore said, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these things.

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Cross-References

  • John 5:19 (13 votes)

    Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise.

  • John 5:30 (13 votes)

    I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.

  • John 6:38 (10 votes)

    For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.

  • John 12:49 (10 votes)

    For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.

  • John 12:50 (10 votes)

    And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.

  • John 3:14 (7 votes)

    And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

  • Matthew 27:50 (3 votes)

    ¶ Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.