John 8:33

Bishops' Bible (1568)

They aunswered hym: We be Abrahams seede, and were neuer bonde to any man: howe sayest thou then, ye shalbe made free?

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  • Matt 3:9 : 9 And be not of suche mynde, that ye woulde say within your selues, we haue Abraham to our father. For I say vnto you, that God is able, of these stones to rayse vp chyldren vnto Abraham.
  • John 8:39 : 39 They aunswered, and saide vnto him: Abraham is our father. Iesus saith vnto them: Yf ye were Abrahams childre, ye woulde do the workes of Abraham.
  • John 8:37 : 37 I know that ye are Abrahams seede, but ye seke meanes to kyll me, because my worde hath no place in you.
  • John 19:25 : 25 There stoode by the crosse of Iesus his mother, and his mothers sister, Marie the wyfe of Cleophas, and Marie Magdalene.
  • Luke 16:24-26 : 24 And he cryed and sayde: father Abraham, haue mercie on me, and sende Lazarus that he may dippe the tippe of his fynger in water, and coole my tongue: for I am tormented in this flambe. 25 But Abraham sayde: Sonne, remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receauedst thy pleasure, and lykewyse Lazarus paynes: But nowe is he comforted, and thou art tormented. 26 Beyonde all this, betweene vs & you there is a great gulfe set, so that they which woulde go from hence to you, can not, neither may come from thence to vs.
  • Gen 15:13 : 13 And he sayde vnto Abram: Knowe this of a suertie, that thy seede shalbe a straunger in a lande that is not theirs, and shall serue them, and they shall entreate them euyll foure hundreth yeres.
  • Exod 1:13-14 : 13 And the Egyptians helde the children of Israel in bondage without mercie, 14 And they made their lyues bytter vnto them in that cruell bondage, in claye, and bricke, and all maner of worke in the fielde: for all their bondage wherein they serued them was ful of tirannie.
  • Lev 25:42 : 42 For they are my seruauntes, which I brought out of the lande of Egypt, and shall not therfore be solde as bondmen.
  • Judg 2:18 : 18 And when the Lorde raysed them vp iudges, he was with the iudge, and deliuered them out of the handes of their enemies all the dayes of the iudge: ( for the Lord had compassion ouer their sorowinges, whiche they had by the reason of them that oppressed them & vexed them:)
  • Judg 3:8 : 8 Therfore the Lorde was angry with Israel, and he solde them into the handes of Chusan Risathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel serued Chusan Risathaim eyght yeres.
  • Judg 4:3 : 3 And the children of Israel cried vnto the Lord (for he had nine hundreth charettes of yron: & twentie yeres he troubled the children of Israel very sore.)
  • Ezra 9:9 : 9 For we were bondmen, and yet our God hath not forsaken vs in our bondage, but hath enclined mercie vnto vs in the sight of the king of Persia, to geue vs lyfe to set vp the house of our God, and to redresse the desolation therof, and to geue vs a wall in Iuda and Hierusalem.
  • Neh 5:4-8 : 4 But some there were that saide: We haue borowed money for the kinges tribute, and that vpon our landes & vineyardes. 5 And now our fleshe is as the fleshe of our brethren, and our children as their children: and loe we bring into subiection our sonnes and our daughters as seruauntes, and some of our daughters are subdued vnto bondage alredie, and no strength is there in our handes to redeeme them, and other men haue our landes and vineyardes. 6 And when I heard their complaynt and such wordes, it displeased me sore. 7 And I aduised so in my minde, that I rebuked the counsellers and the rulers, and saide vnto them: Euery one of you layeth great burdens vpon his brother. And I brought a great congregation against them, 8 And saide vnto them: We after our habilitie haue redeemed our brethren the Iewes, which were solde vnto the heathen: And wyll you sell your brethre againe, and shall they be solde vnto vs? Then held they their peace, and coulde finde nothing to aunswere.
  • Neh 9:27-28 : 27 Therefore thou gauest them ouer into the hand of their enemies that vexed them: And in the time of their trouble whe they cryed vnto thee thou heardest them from heauen, and through thy great mercie thou gauest them sauiours which helped them out of the hande of their enemies. 28 But when they came to rest, they turned backe againe to do euill before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the hande of their enemies, so that they had the dominion ouer them: And when they conuerted, & cryed vnto thee, thou heardest them from heauen, and many times hast thou deliuered them according to thy great mercie,
  • Neh 9:36-37 : 36 Beholde, we are in bondage this day, and so is the lande that thou gauest vnto our fathers to eate the fruites and goodnesse thereof, beholde there are we bondmen. 37 And great is the increase of it vnto the kinges whom thou hast set ouer vs because of our sinnes, and they haue dominion ouer our bodies and cattaile, euen as they wyll them selues: and we are in great trouble.

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  • John 8:31-32
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    31 Then sayde Iesus to those Iewes which beleued on him: Yf ye continue in my word, then are ye my very disciples.

    32 And ye shall knowe the trueth, and the trueth shall make you free.

  • John 8:34-41
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    34 Iesus aunswered them: Ueryly, veryly I say vnto you, that whosoeuer comitteth sinne, is the seruaunt of sinne.

    35 And the seruaut abideth not in ye house for euer: but the sonne abydeth euer.

    36 Yf the sonne therefore shall make you free, then are ye free in deede.

    37 I know that ye are Abrahams seede, but ye seke meanes to kyll me, because my worde hath no place in you.

    38 I speake that whiche I haue seene with my father: and ye do that whiche ye haue seene with your father.

    39 They aunswered, and saide vnto him: Abraham is our father. Iesus saith vnto them: Yf ye were Abrahams childre, ye woulde do the workes of Abraham.

    40 But now ye go about to kyll me, a ma that hath tolde you the trueth, which I haue heard of god: this did not Abraha.

    41 Ye do the deedes of your father. Then said they to him: We be not borne of fornication, we haue one father, euen God.

  • Gal 4:30-31
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    30 Neuerthelesse, what saith the scripture? put away the bondwoman and her sonne: For the sonne of the bondwoman, shall not be heire with the sonne of the free woman.

    31 So then brethren, we are not chyldren of the bonde woman, but of the free.

  • 1 Stande fast therfore in the libertie wherwith Christe hath made vs free, and be not intangled agayne with ye yoke of bondage.

  • John 8:56-58
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    56 Your father Abraham was glad to see my day: and he saw it, and reioyced.

    57 Then sayde the Iewes vnto hym: Thou art not yet fiftie yeres olde, & hast thou seene Abraham.

    58 Iesus sayde vnto them: Ueryly, veryly I saye vnto you, before Abraham was, I am.

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    51 Ueryly veryly I saye vnto you, yf a man kepe my saying, he shall neuer see death.

    52 Then sayde the Iewes vnto hym: Now know we that thou hast ye deuyll. Abraham is dead, & the prophetes: and thou sayest, yf a man kepe my saying, he shall neuer taste of death.

    53 Art thou greater the our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophetes are dead: whom makest thou thy selfe?

  • 26 Peter sayth vnto hym: of straungers. Iesus sayth vnto hym: Then are the chyldren free.

  • 23 And he sayde vnto them: ye are from beneathe, I am from aboue: ye are of this worlde, I am not of this worlde.

  • 28 Then saide they vnto him: What shall we do, that we myght worke ye workes of God?

  • 29 If ye be Christes, then are ye Abrahams seede, and heyres accordyng to the promise.

  • 33 The Iewes aunswered hym, saying: For thy good workes sake we stone thee not, but for thy blasphemie, and because that thou beyng a man, makest thy selfe God.

  • 18 Being then made free fro sinne, ye are become ye seruauntes of ryghteousnesse.

  • 34 The people aunswered him: We haue hearde out of the lawe, that Christe bydeth euer: and howe sayest thou, the sonne of man must be lyft vp? Who is that sonne of man?

  • Gal 4:22-23
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    22 For it is written, that Abraham had two sonnes, the one by a bonde mayde, the other by a free woman:

    23 But he which was of the bonde woman, was borne after the fleshe: but he which was of the free woman, was borne by promise.

  • 28 Then rayted they hym, and sayde, Be thou his disciple: We are Moyses disciples.

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    34 Iesus aunswered: Sayest thou that of thy selfe, or did other tell it thee of me?

    35 Pilate aunswered: am I a Iewe? Thyne owne nation & hye priestes haue deliuered thee vnto me, what hast thou done?

  • John 8:43-48
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    43 Why do ye not knowe my speache? euen because ye cannot heare my word.

    44 Ye are of your father the deuyll, and the lustes of your father wyll ye do. He was a murtherer from the begynnyng, and abode not in the trueth: because there is no trueth in hym. When he speaketh a lye, he speaketh of his owne: For he is a lyer, and the father of the same thyng.

    45 And because I tel you the trueth, therfore ye beleue me not.

    46 Which of you rebuketh me of sinne? Yf I say the trueth, why do not ye beleue me?

    47 He that is of god, heareth gods wordes. Ye therfore heare the not, because ye are not of God.

    48 Then aunswered the Iewes, & saide vnto hym: Say we not well that thou art a Samaritane, and hast the deuyl?

  • 8 Iesus aunswered, I haue tolde you that I am he: Yf ye seke me therefore, let these go their way.

  • 8 Bryng foorth therefore due fruites of repentaunce, and begyn not to say within your selues, we haue Abraham to our father: For I saye vnto you, that God is able of these stones, to rayse vp childre vnto Abraham.

  • 20 For when ye were the seruauntes of sinne, ye were free from ryghteousnesse.

  • 25 Then sayde they vnto hym: Who art thou? And Iesus saith vnto them: Euen the very same thyng that I sayde vnto you from the begynnyng.

  • 42 And they saide: Is not this Iesus, ye sonne of Ioseph, whose father and mother we knowe? Howe is it then that he sayth, I came downe from heauen?

  • 9 And be not of suche mynde, that ye woulde say within your selues, we haue Abraham to our father. For I say vnto you, that God is able, of these stones to rayse vp chyldren vnto Abraham.

  • 19 Then sayde they vnto hym: Where is thy father? Iesus aunswered, Ye neither knowe me, nor yet my father: Yf ye had knowen me, ye should haue knowen my father also.

  • 7 And they aunswered, that they coulde not tell whence it was.

  • 30 They aunswered, and said vnto him: Yf he were not an euyll doer, we would not haue deliuered hym vnto thee.

  • 28 And the chiefe captaine aunswered: With a great summe obteyned I this freedome. And Paul saide: I was free borne.

  • 21 Art thou called a seruaunt? care not for it: Neuerthelesse, if thou mayest be free, vse it rather.

  • 30 The man aunswered, and sayde vnto them: this is a marueylous thyng, that ye wote not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened myne eyes.

  • 7 Neither are they all chyldren that are the seede of Abraham: But in Isaac shall thy seede be called.