John 8:53

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Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died too. Who do you claim to be?"

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  • John 4:12 : 12 Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?"
  • John 5:18 : 18 Because of this, the Jews were all the more determined to kill Him, not only because He was breaking the Sabbath, but also because He was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
  • John 8:58 : 58 Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.
  • John 10:29-30 : 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.
  • John 10:33 : 33 The Jews answered him, 'We are not stoning you for a good work, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.'
  • John 12:34 : 34 The crowd answered Him, "We have heard from the Law that the Christ remains forever. So how can You say, '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 according to the law he ought to die because he made himself the Son of God."
  • Rom 9:5 : 5 To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, according to the flesh, came Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
  • Heb 3:2-3 : 2 He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God's house. 3 For Jesus has been found worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
  • Heb 7:1-7 : 1 This Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of the Most High God, met Abraham as he returned from defeating the kings and blessed him. 2 Abraham also gave him a tenth of everything. First, his name means 'King of Righteousness'; then also, he is 'King of Salem,' which means 'King of Peace.' 3 Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever. 4 Consider how great this man was: Even Abraham, the patriarch, gave him a tenth of the best spoils. 5 Now the sons of Levi who receive the priesthood are commanded by the law to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—even though they too are descendants of Abraham. 6 But this man, who does not trace his descent from them, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises. 7 It is universally recognized that the lesser is blessed by the greater.
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this.
  • Matt 12:6 : 6 I tell you, something greater than the temple is here.
  • Matt 12:41-42 : 41 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah's preaching, and look—something greater than Jonah is here. 42 The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and look—something greater than Solomon is here.

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  • John 8:52
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    52Then the Jews said, "Now we know you have a demon. Abraham died, and so did the prophets. Yet you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.'

  • John 8:54-58
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    54Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, whom you claim as your God.

    55Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I know him and I keep his word.

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

    57Then the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and you have seen Abraham?"

    58Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I tell you, before Abraham was, I am.

  • John 8:37-42
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    74%

    37I know that you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill me because my word has no place in you.

    38I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father."

    39They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.

    40But now you are trying to kill me—a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.

    41You are doing the works of your father." They said to him, "We are not illegitimate children. We have one Father—God."

    42Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I did not come on my own, but he sent me.

  • John 10:32-36
    5 verses
    74%

    32Jesus answered them, 'I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these works are you stoning me?'

    33The Jews answered him, 'We are not stoning you for a good work, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.'

    34Jesus answered them, 'Is it not written in your Law: "I have said you are gods"?'

    35If he called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of God came—and Scripture cannot be broken—

    36what about the one whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am God’s Son’?

  • John 5:17-18
    2 verses
    73%

    17But Jesus answered them, 'My Father is working until now, and I too am working.'

    18Because of this, the Jews were all the more determined to kill Him, not only because He was breaking the Sabbath, but also because He was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.

  • John 8:48-50
    3 verses
    71%

    48The Jews responded to him, "Aren’t we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?"

    49Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.

    50Yet I do not seek my own glory; there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge.

  • John 8:13-14
    2 verses
    70%

    13The Pharisees said to him, "You are testifying about yourself; your testimony is not valid."

    14Jesus answered, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

  • John 19:7
    70%

    7The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and according to the law he ought to die because he made himself the Son of God."

  • Acts 7:52
    70%

    52Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, and now you have betrayed and murdered him—

  • John 8:19
    70%

    19Then they asked him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."

  • John 8:22-25
    4 verses
    69%

    22So the Jews said, "Surely he won’t kill himself, will he, since he says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?

    23He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

    24That is why I told you that you will die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."

    25So they asked him, "Who are you?" Jesus replied, "Just what I have been telling you from the beginning.

  • John 18:34
    69%

    34Jesus answered, 'Is that your own idea, or did others talk to you about me?'

  • John 7:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19Didn't Moses give you the law? Yet none of you keeps the law. Why are you trying to kill Me?

    20The crowd answered, 'You have a demon! Who is trying to kill You?'

  • John 4:12
    69%

    12Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?"

  • John 8:33
    67%

    33They answered him, "We are descendants of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How can you say, ‘You will become free’?"

  • John 2:18
    67%

    18So the Jews responded to Him, 'What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do all this?'

  • Matt 22:32
    67%

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

  • Mark 12:26-27
    2 verses
    67%

    26Regarding the dead being raised—have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'?

    27He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are greatly mistaken.

  • John 8:28
    67%

    28So Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he and that I do nothing on my own, but speak just as the Father taught me.

  • John 8:46
    67%

    46Who among you can convict me of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me?

  • John 6:42
    67%

    42They said, 'Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?'.

  • John 5:36
    67%

    36But I have testimony greater than John's: the works the Father has given Me to complete, the very works I am doing, testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.

  • John 5:44-45
    2 verses
    67%

    44How can you believe, when you accept glory from one another but do not seek the glory that comes from the one and only God?

    45Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father. Your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope.

  • John 5:39
    67%

    39You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; yet it is they that testify about me.

  • Luke 20:37
    66%

    37Even Moses showed that the dead are raised, in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord 'the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

  • Matt 3:9
    66%

    9And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones.

  • Luke 11:48
    66%

    48So you are witnesses and approve of the deeds of your ancestors; they killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.