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John 8:53 KJV
John · chapter 8 · verse 53 · 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 · King James Version
John 8:53 in context
51Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.
52Then 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.
53Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
54Jesus 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:
55Yet 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.
Key words (Strong's)
- prophetsprophētēsin Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things, one who, moved by…G4396 →
- AbrahamabraamAbraham = " father of a multitude" , the son of Terah and the founder of the…G11 →
- fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
- makestpoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →
- deadapothnēskōto die, of the natural death of man, of the violent death of man or animals, to perish by…G599 →
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