John 8:24 (DBY)

Passage

I said therefore to you, that ye shall die in your sins; for unless ye shall believe that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins.

Nearby Context

John 8:22 The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he says, Where I go ye cannot come?

John 8:23 And he said to them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above. Ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

John 8:24 I said therefore to you, that ye shall die in your sins; for unless ye shall believe that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins.

John 8:25 They said therefore to him, Who art thou? [And] Jesus said to them, Altogether that which I also say to you.

John 8:26 I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but he that has sent me is true, and I, what I have heard from him, these things I say to the world.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "therefore", "shall", "sins", "unless", and "believe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "therefore", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "And he said to them Ye are..." into verse 25's "They said therefore to him Who art...", so "said" and "therefore" belong inside that flow. In John context, the local focus is the identity of Jesus, new birth, eternal life, and belief and unbelief.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "said" and "therefore" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.