John 8:46 (YLT)

Passage

Who of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me?

Nearby Context

John 8:44 `Ye are of a father--the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar--also his father.

John 8:45 `And because I say the truth, ye do not believe me.

John 8:46 Who of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me?

John 8:47 he who is of God, the sayings of God he doth hear; because of this ye do not hear, because of God ye are not.'

John 8:48 The Jews, therefore, answered and said to him, `Do we not say well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "doth", "convict", "speak", "truth", "wherefore", and "believe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "doth" and "convict", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 45's "And because I say the truth ye..." into verse 47's "he who is of God the sayings...", so "doth" and "convict" 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 "doth" and "convict" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.