John 8:26 (GNV)

Passage

I haue many things to say, and to iudge of you: but he that sent me, is true, and the things that I haue heard of him, those speake I to the world.

Nearby Context

John 8:24 I said therefore vnto you, That ye shall die in your sinnes: for except ye beleeue, that I am he, ye shall die in your sinnes.

John 8:25 Then saide they vnto him, Who art thou? And Iesus saide vnto them, Euen the same thing that I said vnto you from the beginning.

John 8:26 I haue many things to say, and to iudge of you: but he that sent me, is true, and the things that I haue heard of him, those speake I to the world.

John 8:27 They vnderstoode not that hee spake to them of the Father.

John 8:28 Then said Iesus vnto them, When ye haue lift vp the Sonne of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I doe nothing of my selfe, but as my Father hath taught me, so I speake these things.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "world", "haue", "things", "iudge", "sent", "true", and "heard". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "world" and "haue", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "Then saide they vnto him Who art..." into verse 27's "They vnderstoode not that hee spake to...", so "world" and "haue" 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 "world" and "haue" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.