8:14
Jesus was manifestly not saying in 5:31 that His words were not true. They most certainly were true, and were far more reliable than the words of the Jewish leaders. He knew where He came from and where He was going. The religious leaders knew neither of these things. Jesus spoke out of truth, the religious leaders spoke out of ignorance.
8:15
“You judge according to the flesh”. 2 Cor 5:16 contains words about judging according to the flesh, or rather not doing so. Judging according to the flesh means judging by purely human standards. We are meant to use our brains, to use our senses. But that is not all we are meant to do. We are also meant to live by the word of God and by the Holy Spirit. Jesus is fully human, but if you view Him only as a man your view is badly distorted and you will never know the truth. He is the one sent by the Father. Jesus then says that He judges no one. Now we must remember that He has earlier said that the Father has entrusted all judgement to Him, so we must reject any silly interpretations of this. Jesus means that He does not judge anyone by the flesh, by human standards.
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