John 8:53

Geneva Bible (1560)

Art thou greater then our father Abraham, which is dead? and the Prophets are dead: whome makest thou thy selfe?

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  • John 4:12 : 12 Art thou greater then our father Iacob, which gaue vs the well, and hee himselfe dranke thereof, and his sonnes, and his cattell?
  • John 5:18 : 18 Therefore the Iewes sought the more to kill him: not onely because he had broken the Sabbath: but said also that God was his Father, and made himselfe equall with God.
  • John 8:58 : 58 Iesus sayd vnto them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, before Abraham was, I am.
  • John 10:29-30 : 29 My Father which gaue them me, is greater then all, and none is able to take them out of my Fathers hand. 30 I and my Father are one.
  • John 10:33 : 33 The Iewes answered him, saying, For the good worke we stone thee not, but for blasphemie, and that thou being a man, makest thy selfe God.
  • John 12:34 : 34 The people answered him, We haue heard out of the Law, that that Christ bideth for euer: and howe sayest thou, that that Sonne of man must be lift vp? Who is that Sonne of man?
  • John 19:7 : 7 The Iewes answered him, We haue a lawe, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himselfe the Sonne of God.
  • Rom 9:5 : 5 Of whome are the fathers, and of whome concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is God ouer all, blessed for euer, Amen.
  • Heb 3:2-3 : 2 Who was faithfull to him that hath appointed him, euen as Moses was in al his house. 3 For this man is counted worthy of more glory then Moses, inasmuch as he which hath builded the house, hath more honour then the house.
  • Heb 7:1-7 : 1 For this Melchi-sedec was King of Salem, the Priest of the most high God, who met Abraham, as he returned from the slaughter of the Kings, and blessed him: 2 To whom also Abraham gaue the tithe of all things: who first is by interpretation King of righteousnes: after that, he is also King of Salem, that is, King of peace, 3 Without father, without mother, without kinred, and hath neither beginning of his dayes, neither ende of life: but is likened vnto the Sonne of God, and continueth a Priest for euer. 4 Nowe consider how great this man was, vnto whome euen the Patriarke Abraham gaue the tithe of the spoyles. 5 For verely they which are the childre of Leui, which receiue the office of the Priesthode, haue a commaundement to take, according to the Law, tithes of the people (that is, of their bethren) though they came out of ye loynes of Abraham. 6 But he whose kindred is not couted among them, receiued tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. 7 And without all contradiction the lesse is blessed of the greater.
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 For vnto vs a childe is borne, and vnto vs a Sonne is giuen: and the gouernement is vpon his shoulder, and he shall call his name Wonderfull, Counseller, The mightie God, The euerlasting Father, The prince of peace,
  • Matt 12:6 : 6 But I say vnto you, that here is one greater then the Temple.
  • Matt 12:41-42 : 41 The men of Nineue shal rise in iudgemet with this generation, and condemne it: for they repented at the preaching of Ionas: and behold, a greater then Ionas is here. 42 The Queene of the South shall rise in iudgement with this generation, and shall condemne it: for she came from the vtmost partes of the earth to heare the wisdome of Solomon: and beholde, a greater then Solomon is here.

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  • John 8:52
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    52Then said the Iewes to him, Now know we that thou hast a deuill. Abraham is dead, and the Prophets: and thou sayest, If a man keepe my worde, he shall neuer taste of death.

  • John 8:54-58
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    79%

    54Iesus answered, If I honour my selfe, mine honour is nothing worth: it is my Father that honoureth me, whome ye say, that hee is your God.

    55Yet ye haue not knowen him: but I knowe him, and if I should say I know him not, I should be a liar like vnto you: but I knowe him, and keepe his worde.

    56Your father Abraham reioyced to see my day, and he sawe it, and was glad.

    57Then sayd ye Iewes vnto him, Thou art not yet fiftie yeere olde, & hast thou seene Abraham?

    58Iesus sayd vnto them, Verely, verely I say vnto you, before Abraham was, I am.

  • John 8:37-42
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    37I know that ye are Abrahams seede, but yee seeke to kill mee, because my worde hath no place in you.

    38I speake that which I haue seene with my Father: and ye doe that which ye haue seene with your father.

    39They answered, and saide vnto him, Abraham is our father. Iesus said vnto them, If ye were Abrahams children, ye woulde doe the workes of Abraham.

    40But nowe ye goe about to kill mee, a man that haue told you the trueth, which I haue heard of God: this did not Abraham.

    41Ye do the workes of your father. Then said they to him, We are not borne of fornication: we haue one Father, which is God.

    42Therefore Iesus sayde vnto them, If God were your Father, then woulde ye loue mee: for I proceeded foorth, and came from God, neither came I of my selfe, but he sent me.

  • John 10:32-36
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    32Iesus answered them, Many good workes haue I shewed you from my Father: for which of these workes doe ye stone me?

    33The Iewes answered him, saying, For the good worke we stone thee not, but for blasphemie, and that thou being a man, makest thy selfe God.

    34Iesus answered them, Is it not written in your Lawe, I sayd, Ye are gods?

    35If hee called them gods, vnto whome the worde of God was giuen, and the Scripture cannot be broken,

    36Say ye of him, whome the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the worlde, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Sonne of God?

  • John 5:17-18
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    17But Iesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I worke.

    18Therefore the Iewes sought the more to kill him: not onely because he had broken the Sabbath: but said also that God was his Father, and made himselfe equall with God.

  • John 8:48-50
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    48Then answered the Iewes, and said vnto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritane, and hast a deuil?

    49Iesus answered, I haue not a deuil, but I honour my Father, and ye haue dishonoured me.

    50And I seeke not mine owne praise: but there is one that seeketh it, and iudgeth.

  • John 8:13-14
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    13The Pharises therefore saide vnto him, Thou bearest recorde of thy selfe: thy recorde is not true.

    14Iesus answered, and sayde vnto them, Though I beare recorde of my selfe, yet my recorde is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go: but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I goe.

  • John 19:7
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    7The Iewes answered him, We haue a lawe, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himselfe the Sonne of God.

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    52Which of the Prophets haue not your fathers persecuted? & they haue slaine them, which shewed before of the comming of that Iust, of whome ye are now the betrayers and murtherers,

  • John 8:19
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    19Then saide they vnto him, Where is that Father of thine? Iesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor that Father of mine. If ye had knowen me, ye should haue knowen that Father of mine also.

  • John 8:22-25
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    22Then said the Iewes, Will he kill himselfe, because he saith, Whither I goe, can ye not come?

    23And hee saide vnto them, Ye are from beneath, I am from aboue: ye are of this world, I am not of this worlde.

    24I said therefore vnto you, That ye shall die in your sinnes: for except ye beleeue, that I am he, ye shall die in your sinnes.

    25Then saide they vnto him, Who art thou? And Iesus saide vnto them, Euen the same thing that I said vnto you from the beginning.

  • John 18:34
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    34Iesus answered him, Saiest thou that of thy selfe, or did other tell it thee of me?

  • John 7:19-20
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    19Did not Moses giue you a Law, and yet none of you keepeth the lawe? Why goe ye about to kill me?

    20The people answered, and said, Thou hast a deuil: who goeth about to kill thee?

  • John 4:12
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    12Art thou greater then our father Iacob, which gaue vs the well, and hee himselfe dranke thereof, and his sonnes, and his cattell?

  • John 8:33
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    33They answered him, Wee be Abrahams seede, and were neuer bonde to any man: why sayest thou then, Ye shalbe made free?

  • John 2:18
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    18Then answered the Iewes, and saide vnto him, What signe shewest thou vnto vs, that thou doest these things?

  • Matt 22:32
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    32I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the liuing.

  • Mark 12:26-27
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    26And as touching the dead, that they shall rise againe, haue ye not read in the booke of Moses, howe in the bush God spake vnto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob?

    27God is not ye God of the dead, but the God of the liuing. Ye are therefore greatly deceiued.

  • John 8:28
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    28Then said Iesus vnto them, When ye haue lift vp the Sonne of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I doe nothing of my selfe, but as my Father hath taught me, so I speake these things.

  • John 8:46
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    46Which of you can rebuke me of sinne? and if I say the trueth, why do ye not beleeue me?

  • John 6:42
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    42And they said, Is not this Iesus that sonne of Ioseph, whose father and mother wee knowe? Howe then sayth he, I came downe from heauen?

  • John 5:36
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    36But I haue greater witnesse then the witnesse of Iohn: for the workes which the Father hath giuen me to finish, the same workes that I doe, beare witnesse of me, that the Father sent me.

  • John 5:44-45
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    44How can ye beleeue, which receiue honour one of another, and seeke not the honour that commeth of God alone?

    45Doe not thinke that I will accuse you to my Father: there is one that accuseth you, euen Moses, in whom ye trust.

  • John 5:39
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    39Searche the Scriptures: for in them ye thinke to haue eternall life, and they are they which testifie of me.

  • Luke 20:37
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    37And that the dead shall rise againe, euen Moses shewed it besides the bush, when he said, The Lord is the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob.

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    9And thinke not to say with your selues, We haue Abraham to our father: for I say vnto you, that God is able euen of these stones to raise vp children vnto Abraham.

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    48Truely ye beare witnesse, and allowe the deedes of your fathers: for they killed them, and yee build their sepulchres.