John 8:42
John · New Testament · Chapter 8
“Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.”John 8:42
What Does John 8:42 Mean?
John 8:42 is found in the book of John, chapter 8, verse 42 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Trinity, and Incarnation.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to John 8:42 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
John 12:49“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 14:10“Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.”John 14:15“If ye love me, keep my commandments.”John 17:8“For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.”John 17:25“O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.”John 15:23“He that hateth me hateth my Father also.”Malachi 1:6“A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name?”John 1:14“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”1 John 5:1“Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.”1 John 4:14“And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.”John 5:43“I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.”1 Corinthians 16:22“If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.”John 7:28“Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.”John 3:17“For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”John 5:23“That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him.”John 16:27“For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.”1 John 4:9“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.”Revelation 22:1“And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.”Galatians 4:4“But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,”John 5:30“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.”
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