John 8:53

American Standard Version (1901)

Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died: whom makest thou thyself?

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  • John 4:12 : 12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?
  • John 5:18 : 18 For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
  • John 8:58 : 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.
  • John 10:29-30 : 29 My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.
  • John 10:33 : 33 The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
  • John 12:34 : 34 The multitude therefore answered him, We have heard out of the law that the Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
  • John 19:7 : 7 The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
  • Rom 9:5 : 5 whose are the fathers, and of whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
  • Heb 3:2-3 : 2 who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house. 3 For he hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he that built the house hath more honor than the house.
  • Heb 7:1-7 : 1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2 to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, King of righteousness, and then also King of Salem, which is King of peace; 3 without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like unto the Son of God), abideth a priest continually. 4 Now consider how great this man was, unto whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the chief spoils. 5 And they indeed of the sons of Levi that receive the priest's office have commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though these have come out of the loins of Abraham: 6 but he whose genealogy is not counted from them hath taken tithes of Abraham, and hath blessed him that hath the promises. 7 But without any dispute the less is blessed of the better.
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • Matt 12:6 : 6 But I say unto you, that one greater than the temple is here.
  • Matt 12:41-42 : 41 The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here. 42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

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  • John 8:52
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    52The Jews said unto him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my word, he shall never taste of death.

  • John 8:54-58
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    54Jesus answered, If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing: it is my Father that glorifieth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God;

    55and ye have not known him: but I know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be like unto you, a liar: but I know him, and keep his word.

    56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.

    57The Jews therefore said unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

    58Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.

  • John 8:37-42
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    74%

    37I know that ye are Abraham's seed: yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.

    38I speak the things which I have seen with [my] Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from [your] father.

    39They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

    40But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.

    41Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.

    42Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.

  • John 10:32-36
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    74%

    32Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from the Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

    33The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

    34Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, ye are gods?

    35If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came (and the scripture cannot be broken),

    36say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am [the] Son of God?

  • John 5:17-18
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    73%

    17But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh even until now, and I work.

    18For this cause therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only brake the sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

  • John 8:48-50
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    71%

    48The Jews answered and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?

    49Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, and ye dishonor me.

    50But I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.

  • John 8:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true.

    14Jesus answered and said unto them, Even if I bear witness of myself, my witness is true; for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye know not whence I come, or whither I go.

  • John 19:7
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    7The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by that law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

  • Acts 7:52
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    52Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;

  • John 8:19
    70%

    19They said therefore unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye know neither me, nor my Father: if ye knew me, ye would know my Father also.

  • John 8:22-25
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    69%

    22The Jews therefore said, Will he kill himself, that he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come?

    23And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

    24I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for except ye believe that I am [he], ye shall die in your sins.

    25They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? Jesus said unto them, Even that which I have also spoken unto you from the beginning.

  • John 18:34
    69%

    34Jesus answered, Sayest thou this of thyself, or did others tell it thee concerning me?

  • John 7:19-20
    2 verses
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    19Did not Moses give you the law, and [yet] none of you doeth the law? Why seek ye to kill me?

    20The multitude answered, Thou hast a demon: who seeketh to kill thee?

  • John 4:12
    69%

    12Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his sons, and his cattle?

  • John 8:33
    67%

    33They answered unto him, We are Abraham's seed, and have never yet been in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?

  • John 2:18
    67%

    18The Jews therefore answered and said unto him, What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things?

  • Matt 22:32
    67%

    32I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not [the God] of the dead, but of the living.

  • Mark 12:26-27
    2 verses
    67%

    26But as touching the dead, that they are raised; have ye not read in the book of Moses, in [the place concerning] the Bush, how God spake unto him, saying, I [am] the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

    27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living: ye do greatly err.

  • John 8:28
    67%

    28Jesus therefore said, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am [he], and [that] I do nothing of myself, but as the Father taught me, I speak these things. [

  • John 8:46
    67%

    46Which of you convicteth me of sin? If I say truth, why do ye not believe me?

  • John 6:42
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    42And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how doth he now say, I am come down out of heaven?

  • John 5:36
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    36But the witness which I have is greater than [that of] John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

  • John 5:44-45
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    67%

    44How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and the glory that [cometh] from the only God ye seek not?

    45Think not that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, [even] Moses, on whom ye have set your hope.

  • John 5:39
    67%

    39Ye search the scriptures, because ye think that in them ye have eternal life; and these are they which bear witness of me;

  • Luke 20:37
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    37But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in [the place concerning] the Bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

  • Matt 3:9
    66%

    9and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

  • Luke 11:48
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    48So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build [their tombs] .