John 8:16
But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.
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Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
Yea and if I judge, my judgment is true; for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
KJV
And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me.
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Commentary
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The lamps behind His claim
Jesus says “I am the light of the world” in the Temple treasury (8:20), which stood in the Court of the Women: the very court where, at the feast of Tabernacles just concluded (John 7:2, 37), four great golden lampstands were lit each night, with wicks made from the priests' worn-out garments. The Mishnah says there was not a courtyard in Jerusalem that did not glow with that light (Sukkah 5:2–3). The claim lands where the lamps had just gone out: the light of the feast fades; the light of the world is standing in its court.
Sources: Mishnah Sukkah 5:2–3 (the golden lampstands) · The Light (this site's symbol study)
Original language & word study
22 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → |
| ἐὰν | ean | if | G1437 → |
| κρίνω | krinō | shall judge | G2919 → |
| δὲ | de | however | G1161 → |
| ἐγώ, | egō | I myself, | G1473 → |
| ἡ | hē | <the> | G3588 → |
| κρίσις | krisis | judgment | G2920 → |
| ἡ | hē | <the> | G3588 → |
| ἐμὴ | emē | My | G1473 → |
| ἀληθινή | alēthinē | true | G228 → |
| ἐστιν, | estin | is, | G1510 → |
| ὅτι | hoti | because | G3754 → |
| μόνος | monos | alone | G3441 → |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 → |
| εἰμί, | eimi | I am, | G1510 → |
| ἀλλ᾽ | all᾽ | but | G235 → |
| ἐγὼ | egō | I myself | G1473 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ὁ | ho | the | G3588 → |
| πέμψας | pempsas | having sent | G3992 → |
| με | me | Me | G3165 → |
| πατήρ. | patēr | Father. | G3962 → |
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