John 8:25 (LSB)

Passage

So they were saying to Him, “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, “What have I been saying to you from the beginning?

Nearby Context

John 8:23 And He was saying to them, “You are from below, 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 will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

John 8:25 So they were saying to Him, “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, “What have I been saying to you from the beginning?

John 8:26 I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I am saying to the world.”

John 8:27 They did not know that He had been speaking to them about the Father.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saying", "jesus", "said", "been", and "beginning". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saying" and "jesus", 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 "I have many things to say and...", so "saying" and "jesus" 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 "saying" and "jesus" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.