John 8:53

Webster's Bible (1833)

Are you greater than our father, Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?"

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  • John 4:12 : 12 Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his cattle?"
  • John 5:18 : 18 For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
  • John 8:58 : 58 Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."
  • John 10:29-30 : 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one."
  • John 10:33 : 33 The Jews answered him, "We don't stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy: because you, being a man, make yourself God."
  • John 12:34 : 34 The multitude answered him, "We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever. How do 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 by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God."
  • Rom 9:5 : 5 of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.
  • Heb 3:2-3 : 2 who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house. 3 For he has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who built the house has 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 the Son of God), remains a priest continually. 4 Now consider how great this man was, to whom even Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the best spoils. 5 They indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest's office have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brothers, though these have come out of the loins of Abraham, 6 but he whose genealogy is not counted from them has taken tithes of Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises. 7 But without any dispute the less is blessed by the better.
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be on his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • Matt 12:6 : 6 But I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.
  • Matt 12:41-42 : 41 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here. 42 The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.

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  • John 8:52
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    52 Then the Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and you say, 'If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.'

  • John 8:54-58
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    54 Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.

    55 You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I don't know him,' I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word.

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

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

    58 Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."

  • John 8:37-42
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    37 I know that you are Abraham's seed, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.

    38 I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have seen with your father."

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

    40 But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham didn't do this.

    41 You do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God."

    42 Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven't come of myself, but he sent me.

  • John 10:32-36
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    32 Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?"

    33 The Jews answered him, "We don't stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy: because you, being a man, make yourself God."

    34 Jesus answered them, "Isn't it written in your law, 'I said, you are gods?'

    35 If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can't be broken),

    36 Do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You blaspheme,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God?'

  • John 5:17-18
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    17 But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too."

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

  • John 8:48-50
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    48 Then the Jews answered him, "Don't we say well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?"

    49 Jesus answered, "I don't have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.

    50 But I don't seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.

  • John 8:13-14
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    13 The Pharisees therefore said to him, "You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid."

    14 Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don't know where I came from, or where I am going.

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

  • Acts 7:52
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    52 Which of the prophets didn't your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.

  • John 8:19
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    19 They said therefore to 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
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    22 The Jews therefore said, "Will he kill himself, that he says, 'Where I am going, you can't come?'"

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

    24 I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."

    25 They said therefore to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.

  • John 18:34
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    34 Jesus answered him, "Do you say this by yourself, or did others tell you about me?"

  • John 7:19-20
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    19 Didn't Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why do you seek to kill me?"

    20 The multitude answered, "You have a demon! Who seeks to kill you?"

  • John 4:12
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    12 Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his cattle?"

  • John 8:33
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    33 They answered him, "We are Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, 'You will be made free?'"

  • John 2:18
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    18 The Jews therefore answered him, "What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?"

  • Matt 22:32
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    32 'I 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
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    26 But about the dead, that they are raised; haven't you read in the book of Moses, about the Bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?'

    27 He is not the God of the dead, but of the living. You are therefore badly mistaken."

  • John 8:28
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    28 Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.

  • John 8:46
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    46 Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?

  • John 6:42
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    42 They said, "Isn't this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, 'I have come down out of heaven?'"

  • John 5:36
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    36 But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.

  • John 5:44-45
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    44 How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don't seek the glory that comes from the only God?

    45 "Don't think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.

  • John 5:39
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    39 "You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and these are they which testify about me.

  • Luke 20:37
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    37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

  • Matt 3:9
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    9 Don't think to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.

  • Luke 11:48
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    48 So you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.

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