John 8:25 (DRB)

Passage

They said therefore to him: Who art thou? Jesus said to them: The beginning, who also speak unto you.

Nearby Context

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

John 8:24 Therefore I said to you that you shall die in your sins. For if you believe not that I am he, you shall die in your sin.

John 8:25 They said therefore to him: Who art thou? Jesus said to them: The beginning, who also speak unto you.

John 8:26 Many things I have to speak and to judge of you. But he that sent me, is true: and the things I have heard of him, these same I speak in the world.

John 8:27 And they understood not that he called God his Father.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "therefore", "thou", "jesus", "beginning", and "speak". 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 24's "Therefore I said to you that you..." into verse 26's "Many things I have to speak and...", 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.