John 8:19-26

God was among us and we knew Him not. How sad that when we could be a light to the world, we choose hatred over compassion and mercy. God does not have favorites. 

Anyone who believes in Him will be saved to the glory of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Jesus was claiming to be God. This assertion was not understood by the religious leaders at this time. Later, Jesus’ claim to be the “I AM” prompted the Jewish leaders to seek His life. NKJ Bible.

Jesus has offered them grace—and indeed has not come to condemn them but save them—but they choose not to believe in the salvation He offers.

The religious leaders of Jesus’ day were especially proud of their knowledge of Scripture, but Jesus accuses them of missing the point. If they had understood it, they would know God and recognize Him. Faithlife Bible.

John 8:19–26 (NKJV): 

Jesus answered, “You know neither Me nor My Father. If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.” These words Jesus spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and no one laid hands on Him, for His hour had not yet come. Then Jesus said to them again, “I am going away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin. Where I go you cannot come.” So the Jews said, “Will He kill Himself, because He says, ‘Where I go you cannot come’?” And He said to them, “You are from beneath; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”Then they said to Him, “Who are You?”And Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning. I have many things to say and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I heard from Him.”