John 8:53

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

You aren’t greater than our father Abraham who died, are you? And the prophets died too! Who do you claim to be?”

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  • John 4:12 : 12 Surely you’re not greater than our ancestor Jacob, are you? For he gave us this well and drank from it himself, along with his sons and his livestock.”
  • John 5:18 : 18 For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.
  • John 8:58 : 58 Jesus said to them,“I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!”
  • John 10:29-30 : 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father’s hand. 30 The Father and I are one.”
  • John 10:33 : 33 The Jewish leaders replied,“We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God.”
  • John 12:34 : 34 Then the crowd responded,“We have heard from the law that the Christ will remain forever. How can you say,‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”
  • John 19:7 : 7 The Jewish leaders replied,“We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God!”
  • Rom 9:5 : 5 To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, by human descent, came the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever! Amen.
  • Heb 3:2-3 : 2 who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God’s house. 3 For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself!
  • Heb 7:1-7 : 1 The Nature of Melchizedek’s Priesthood Now this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him. 2 To him also Abraham apportioned a tithe of everything. His name first means king of righteousness, then king of Salem, that is, king of peace. 3 Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time. 4 But see how great he must be, if Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of his plunder. 5 And those of the sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have authorization according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen, although they too are descendants of Abraham. 6 But Melchizedek who does not share their ancestry collected a tithe from Abraham and blessed the one who possessed the promise. 7 Now without dispute the inferior is blessed by the superior,
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Amazing Adviser, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • Matt 12:6 : 6 I tell you that something greater than the temple is here.
  • Matt 12:41-42 : 41 The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them– and now, something greater than Jonah is here! 42 The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon– and now, something greater than Solomon is here!

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    52Then the Judeans responded,“Now we know you’re possessed by a demon! Both Abraham and the prophets died, and yet you say,‘If anyone obeys my teaching, he will never experience death.’

  • John 8:54-58
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    54Jesus replied,“If I glorify myself, my glory is worthless. The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you people say,‘He is our God.’

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

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

    57Then the Judeans replied,“You are not yet fifty years old! Have you seen Abraham?”

    58Jesus said to them,“I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!”

  • John 8:37-42
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    37I know that you are Abraham’s descendants. But you want to kill me, because my teaching makes no progress among you.

    38I am telling you the things I have seen while with the Father; as for you, practice the things you have heard from the Father!”

    39They answered him,“Abraham is our father!” Jesus replied,“If you are Abraham’s children, you would be doing the deeds of Abraham.

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

    41You people are doing the deeds of your father.”Then they said to Jesus,“We were not born as a result of immorality! We have only one Father, God himself.”

    42Jesus replied,“If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. I have not come on my own initiative, but he sent me.

  • John 10:32-36
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    32Jesus said to them,“I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?”

    33The Jewish leaders replied,“We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God.”

    34Jesus answered,“Is it not written in your law,‘I said, you are gods’?

    35If those people to whom the word of God came were called‘gods’(and the scripture cannot be broken),

    36do you say about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world,‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said,‘I am the Son of God’?

  • John 5:17-18
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    17So he told them,“My Father is working until now, and I too am working.”

    18For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God.

  • John 8:48-50
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    48The Judeans replied,“Aren’t we correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?”

    49Jesus answered,“I am not possessed by a demon, but I honor my Father– and yet you dishonor me.

    50I am not trying to get praise for myself. There is one who demands it, and he also judges.

  • John 8:13-14
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    13So the Pharisees objected,“You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!”

    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 people do not know where I came from or where I am going.

  • John 19:7
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    7The Jewish leaders replied,“We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God!”

  • Acts 7:52
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    52Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become!

  • John 8:19
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    19Then they began asking him,“Who is your father?” Jesus answered,“You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too.”

  • John 8:22-25
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    22So the Jewish leaders began to say,“Perhaps he is going to kill himself, because he says,‘Where I am going you cannot come.’”

    23Jesus replied,“You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.

    24Thus 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 said to him,“Who are you?” Jesus replied,“What I have told you from the beginning.

  • John 18:34
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    34Jesus replied,“Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?”

  • John 7:19-20
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    19Hasn’t Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?”

    20The crowd answered,“You’re possessed by a demon! Who is trying to kill you?”

  • John 4:12
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    12Surely you’re not greater than our ancestor Jacob, are you? For he gave us this well and drank from it himself, along with his sons and his livestock.”

  • John 8:33
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    33“We are descendants of Abraham,” they replied,“and have never been anyone’s slaves! How can you say,‘You will become free’?”

  • John 2:18
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    18So then the Jewish leaders responded,“What sign can you show us, since you are doing these things?”

  • Matt 22:32
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    32‘I am the God of Abraham, 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
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    26Now as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the 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 badly mistaken!”

  • John 8:28
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    28Then Jesus said,“When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak just what the Father taught me.

  • John 8:46
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    46Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I am telling you the truth, why don’t you believe me?

  • John 6:42
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    42and they said,“Isn’t this 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
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    36“But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete– the deeds I am now doing– testify about me that the Father has sent me.

  • John 5:44-45
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    44How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don’t seek the praise that comes from the only God?

    45“Do not suppose that I will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope.

  • John 5:39
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    39You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me,

  • Luke 20:37
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    37But even Moses revealed 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
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    9and don’t think you can say to yourselves,‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

  • Luke 11:48
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    48So you testify that you approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed the prophets and you build their tombs!