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John 8:53 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? "
John 8:53
Verse in Context
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Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
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John 8:1
"Jesus went unto the mount of Olives."
John 8:2
"And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them."
John 8:3
"And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,"
John 8:4
"They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act."
John 8:5
"Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?"
John 8:6
"This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not."
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