John 8:23 meaning and explanation

Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

John 8:23, Berean Standard Bible

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Jesus is teaching in the temple courts, and his hearers have just asked whether he intends to kill himself, puzzled by his talk of going where they cannot come. His answer names the divide between them: they are from below, he is from above.

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