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John 8:53 Cross-References
Explore 13 cross-references for John 8:53 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting John chapter 8 verse 53 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?”
John 8:53 (KJV)
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Commentary on John 8:53
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? The question drips with incredulity. "Greater than" (μείζων/meizōn) challenges Jesus's implicit claim to superiority over Abraham, Israel's patriarch and "friend of God" (James 2:23). "Our father Abraham" (τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἀβραάμ/tou patros hēmōn Abraam) claims covenant heritage—Abraham's physical descendants, heirs of promise.Yet Jesus had already rejected this claim (v.39-40): "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham. But now you seek to kill me." Physical descent means nothing without spiritual likeness. Their...
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Cross-References for John 8:53
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“Jacob”
“king of Salem”
“and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh”
“because he not only broke the Sabbath”
“We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.”
“We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever.{Isaiah 9:7; Daniel 2:44 (but see also Isaiah 53:8)} How do you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up?' Who is this Son of Man?”
“Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM.”
“Counselor”
“We don't stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy: because you, being a man, make yourself God.”
“But I say unto you”