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John 8:53
Art Thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead. Whom makest Thou Thyself?
Art Thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead. Whom makest Thou Thyself?
WHOM MAKEST THOU THYSELF? - Or, who dost thou pretend to be? Although the greatest of the prophets have died, yet thou a Nazarene, a Samaritan, and a devil pretendest that thou canst keep thy follower...
CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The Woman Taken in Adultery. (John 8:1 .)_ 2. The Light of the World. (John 8:12 .) 3. His Testimony Concerning Himself and the Father. (John 8:13 .) 4. His Solemn Declarations. ...
CONTROVERSY WITH THE JEWS WHO BELIEVED. Many are convinced by this appeal. The following section summarises the teaching by which Jesus tried to bring the more favourably disposed of the Jewish party...
ART THOU GREATER THAN OUR FATHER ABRAHAM? Their argument is: They that heard the word of God are dead, and shall they who have heard thee not die? Their question is asked in scorn. Compare with John...
"This is the truth I tell you--if anyone keeps my word, he will not see death for ever." The Jews said to him: "Now we are certain that you are mad. Abraham died and so did the prophets, yet you are s...
WRETCHEDNESS AND PITY (John 7:53 ; John 8:1-11)...
_Art thou greater_ Exactly parallel to John 4:12. -Thou" is emphatic: -Surely _Thou_art not greater than our father Abraham, who DIED? And the prophets DIED." An anacoluthon, like their exaggeration,...
John 8:12 TO JOHN 9:41. Christ the Source of Truth and Light In John 8:12-46 the word -true" occurs six times, the word -truth" seven times....
John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among _Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
13–59. A comparison of the discourses in Chapter s 5–8 shews how the conflict increases in intensity. In 5 and 6. Christ proceeds almost without interruption, and the Jews demur rather than contradict...
ΜῊ ΣῪ ΜΕΊΖΩΝ. Exactly parallel to John 4:12. ‘Surely _Thou_, the mad Galilean, art not greater than our father Abraham, SEEING THAT HE DIED? and the prophets DIED.’ The anacoluthon, like their exagger...
Ver 52. Then said the Jews to him, Now we know that you have a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and you say, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. 53. Are you greater than o...
_JESUS AND ABRAHAM -- JOHN 8:39-59:_ Jesus said these people wanted to kill Him for telling them the truth that God had given Him. The Jews claimed God as their father but they refused to obey Him. If...
ΜΕΊΖΩΝ (G3187) _сотр. от_ ΜΈΓΑΣ великий; _сотр._ более великий, ΠΑΤΡΌΣ _gen. от_ ΠΑΤΉΡ (G3962) отец. _Gen._ сравнения: "более великий, чем отец" ΠΟΙΕΊΣ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΠΟΙΈΩ (G4160) делать; зд...
NOW WE KNOW THAT THOU HAST A DEVIL.— "We know now for certain that thou art under diabolic influences; for the most righteous persons that ever lived, are dead; even Abraham and the prophets: yet thou...
CHRIST DEFAMED _Text 8:48-59_ 48 The Jews answered and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon? 49 Jesus answered, I have not a demon; but I honor my Father, an...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 8:33-59 The passage for our present consideration continues and completes the portion studied in our last chapter. It brings before us Christ as the Light reveal...
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? ART THOU GREATER THAN OUR FATHER ABRAHAM, WHICH IS DEAD? (OR 'DIED,') AND THE PROPHETS...
12-29 Nothing would so swiftly and surely prove the undoing of an impostor as the claim that he always pleases God. Of all living, only One has been able to stand such a severe test. In the mouth of a...
THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES CONTINUED. CHRIST THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD John 7:53 to John 8:11. The woman taken in adultery. All modern critics agree that this section is no original part of the Fourth Gosp...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 8 JESUS FORGIVES A WOMAN 8:1-11 V1 But Jesus walked to the place called the Hill of *Olives. V2 Early next morning, he...
ART THOU GREATER THAN OUR FATHER ABRAHAM, WHICH IS DEAD? — The question is exactly the same, with the substitution of “Abraham” for “Jacob,” as that asked by the Samaritan woman in John 4:12 (see Note...
CHAPTER 19 JESUS REJECTED IN JERUSALEM. “He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek Me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come. The Jews therefore said, Will He...
_Discussion between Jesus and the Jews regarding their paternity_....
What did He expect them to take Him for? τίνα σεαυτὸν σὺ ποιεῖς; For the μὴ σὺ μείζων _cf._ John 4:12....
THE ETERNAL CHRIST John 8:48-59 It is absolutely true that the Christian disciple does see death as the king of terrors or as a grim monster. Jesus has robbed death of its sting; He has destroyed Him...
The end of chapter 7 is closely linked with this, in that after declaring "every man went to his own house," the writer said, "But Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives." Here we have the story of a re...
JESUS PRE-ABRAHAMIC John 8:52-59. _“The Jews said to Him, Now we know that Thou hast a demon.”_ Sharpers, sent out for that specific purpose, hung on His lips, like lightning upon the skirts of the cl...
4. “I AND YOU”: 8:30-59. Jesus, in His second discourse (John 8:12-20) attributed to Himself two modes of teaching: _testimony_, by which He reveals His origin, His mission, His work, and _judgment_,...
“ _Verily, verily, I say unto you, If any one keep my word, he shall never see death._ 52. _The Jews therefore said to him, Now we know that thou art possessed of a demon; Abraham is dead and the prop...
ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. Vv. 51-59. 1. In John 8:51 Jesus turns the discourse to the more positive side, and brings out one of the great thoughts presented in this Gospel, namely, tha...
Why do ye not understand my speech; even because ye cannot hear my word. (44) Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode...
The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
53._Art thou greater than our father Abraham? _This is another offense, that they endeavor to obscure the glory of Christ by the splendor of _Abraham _and of the saints. But as all the stars are throw...
In chapter 8, as we have said, the word of Jesus is rejected; and, in chapter 9, His works. But there is much more than that. The personal glories of chapter 1 are reproduced and developed in all thes...
ART THOU GREATER THAN OUR FATHER ABRAHAM?.... So the woman of Samaria said, concerning Jacob, John 4:12. The Jews had a mighty opinion of their ancestors, especially of Abraham; and yet they allow the...
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? Ver. 53. _Art thou greater than our father Abraham which is dead?_] They rise no higher t...
_Then answered the Jews, Say we not well_ Have we not just cause to say; _Thou art a Samaritan_ An enemy to our church and nation; _and hast a devil?_ Art possessed by a proud and lying spirit? The Je...
A WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY (vs.1-11) While others went to their homes, the Lord spent the night in the mount of Olives, away from all the words and thoughts of men, in the calm of His Father's prese...
48-53 Observe Christ's disregard of the applause of men. those who are dead to the praises of men can bear their contempt. God will seek the honour of all who do not seek their own. In these verses w...
If thou canst so effect it, that those who keep thy sayings shall not die, thou canst also make thyself immortal: neither Abraham nor the prophets could save themselves from death, they are all dead:...
John 8:53 Are G3361 G1488 (G5748) You G4771 than G3187 our G2257 father G3962 Abraham G11 who...
‘The Judaisers said to him, “Now we know that you are demon-possessed. Abraham is dead, and so are the prophets. And you say, ‘If a man keep my word he will never taste of death'. Are you greater than...
THE CHALLENGE COMES TO ITS CLIMAX BY JESUS REVEALING THAT HE IS THE ‘I AM' (JOHN 8:48). In this final section Jesus deals with their insults by facing them up with the issues of life and death, and t...
CHAPTER 8 JESUS - THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD AND THE ‘I AM' (JOHN 8:12). In this chapter Jesus is revealed as ‘the Light of the World'. This is a reminder of the one spoken of in the words of Isaiah, ‘the...
John 8:52-53. THE JEWS SAID UNTO HIM, NOW WE KNOW THAT THOU HAST A DEMON. ABRAHAM DIED, AND THE PROPHETS; AND THOU SAYEST, IF A MAN HAVE KEPT MY WORD, HE SHALL NEVER TASTE OF DEATH. ART THOU GREATER T...
The feast of Tabernacles is closed, and with it the great illumination of the temple-courts, of which the Jews were wont to boast in lofty terms. Starting from this, and from the fact that He is the t...
ART THOU GREATER THAN OUR FATHER ABRAHAM? (Μη συ μειζων ε του πατρος ημων Αβρααμ;). Negative answer expected by μη with ablative case of comparison in πατρος after μειζων. The question was designed...
John 8:28. _Then said Jesus unto them;_ That is, to the Jews who were questioning and opposing him,- John 8:28. _When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do...
Christ thus spake to his adversaries. John 8:29. _And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone: for I do always those things that please him._ Brethren, what Christ could say, I...
We will read, from the Revised Version, two passages which record attempts made to kill our Lord before his time had come. You will see, from the sermon, why we read them. (See Luke 4:16) John 8:37....
John 8:31. _Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;_ For there were many, in Christ's day, coming to him for a while, and then...
CONTENTS: The woman taken in adultery. Discourse after the feast on Jesus as Light of the world. Satan, the original liar and murderer, and the Satanic brotherhood. CHARACTERS: Jesus, adulterous woma...
John 8:1. _Jesus went to the mount of Olives,_ where it is probable he slept in some booth in the gardens; and returned early to the temple, to preach to the people, before the commencement of public...
NOW WE KNOW FOR SURE. They think this is proof of their charge against him. God had given his word to Abraham and the prophets, yet they had all died. How can Jesus claim his words will prevent death?...
_Then said Jesus unto those Jews which believed on Him._ A GLORIOUS LIBERATOR I. FREEDOM PROFFERED. 1. Sin makes bondage (John 8:34; Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13;...
_Abraham is dead and the prophets_ ABRAHAM AND JESUS I. THE GREATNESS OF ABRAHAM: 1. The ancestor of the Jews. “Our father,” said they (John 8:53); “Your father,” conceded Christ (John 8:56). It wa...
VER. 37.. _know_, &c. By nature ye are Abraham's children, but in your deeds ye are degenerate. Your descent from Abraham will not therefore profit you. It will increase your damnation, for he will sa...
_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_ John 8:13. They forgot His vindication of Himself (John 5:31). John 8:14. EVEN IF I BEAR RECORD, ETC.—Although He was content to let the Father witness of Him, still...
EXPOSITION Verses 7:53-8:11 (8) _The pericope adulterae. _(A)_ Excursus on the genuineness of _John 7:53-43__John 7:53-43. It is our duty to examine the various grounds on which this passage has been...
Now Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives. And early in the morning he came again to the temple (John 8:1-2), Now the feast is over, but Jesus is returning to the temple on the next day. and all of th...
Hebrews 3:2; Hebrews 3:3; Hebrews 7:1; Isaiah 9:6; John 10:29;...
Art thou [μ η σ υ]. Thou, emphatic, and the negative interrogative particle implying a negative answer, thou art not surely greater. Which is dead [ο σ τ ι ς]. The compound pronoun ostiv, which, is us...