John 8:25

“Then said they unto him, who art thou? etc.] That talks at this rate, and threatens with death, in case of unbelief; this they said with an haughty air, and in a scornful manner: and Jesus saith unto them, even [the same] that I said unto you from the beginning; meaning, either of this discourse, as that he was the light of the world, and which he continued to assert; or of his being had before the sanhedrim, when he affirmed that God was his Father, and by many strong arguments proved his divine sonship; or of his ministry, when by miracles, as well as doctrines, he made it to appear that he was he that was to come, the true Messiah; or who spake from the beginning to Moses, saying, I am…”

“Who art thou?--hoping thus to extort an explicit answer; but they are disappointed.”

“Who art thou? - As Jesus did not expressly say in the previous verse that he was the Messiah, they professed still not to understand him. In great contempt, therefore, they asked him who he was. As if they had said, “Who art thou that undertakest to threaten us in this manner!” When we remember that they regarded him as a mere pretender from Galilee; that he was poor and without friends; and that he was persecuted by those in authority, we cannot but admire the patience with which all this was borne, and the coolness with which he answered them. Even the same ... - What he had professed to them was that he was the light of the world; that he was the bread that came down from heaven; that he…”

“Even what I say to you from the beginning - The same which I say to you, as it were in one discourse, with one even tenor from the time I first spake to you. John 8:26”

“8:25 Who are you? Later they understood and tried to stone Jesus for blasphemy (8:59).”

“Who: Joh 1:19, Joh 1:22, Joh 10:24, Joh 19:9; Luk 22:67 Even: Joh 8:12, Joh 5:17-29 John 8:26”