John 8:20-30

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+title = "John 8:20–30"
+date = "2026-05-16"
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+### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/John8.20-30)
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+The last entry said it covered _v. 20_ because it was at the paragraph break, but I didn't really say anything about it then.
+Also, _v. 21_ starts with "So", like "therefore", you have to see what it's there for and read the preceding context.
+In the context of the Feast of Booths, Jesus had said He was the source of living water, the light of the world, and coming to humanity with the Father's judgement.
+It's pretty obvious what Jesus is saying here, and if He wasn't correct about it, He'd be guilty of blasphemy.
+Yet nobody accused Him of this because God had predetermined the time for it.
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+So Jesus's shocking statements continue.
+He warns them that when He leaves, those with Him right then won't be able to go to where He is and die in their sins.
+For the divine Son, second Person of the Triune God, that's a perfectly normal thing to say.
+For Jesus of Nazareth, the carpenter's son, that would be outrageous.
+Yet, the reaction that John records for us focuses on the part I find less shocking.
+The Jews wonder where Jesus is going to go, and they rightly deduce that it's the spiritual realm where people go when they die.
+How do they not see that Jesus is claiming to have the power to save them from their sins?
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+Perhaps they realize it by _v. 25_, because Jesus spells it out that they have to believe in Him in order not to die in their sins.
+Their response is, "Who are you?"
+This is their way of trying to figure out what authority Jesus has over the judgement of sins, because in Judaism, only God has that.
+Even though Jesus explains that He is speaking with the same authority as the Father, they still don't get it.
+Most of them, anyway.
+After a bit more explanation, _v. 30_ tells us that many believed in him.
+The spiritual veil over their hearts was lifted and they were able to perceive Jesus as the Savior they needed, sent by the Father to bring His lost people back.
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+* * *
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+Help us to understand Your words, which have eternal life for us.

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