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John 8:59 Cross-References
Explore 15 cross-references for John 8:59 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting John chapter 8 verse 59 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.”
John 8:59 (KJV)
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Then took they up stones to cast at him (ἦραν οὖν λίθους ἵνα βάλωσιν ἐπ' αὐτόν, eran oun lithous hina balosin ep' auton)—The crowd's violent response to Jesus's claim 'Before Abraham was, I am' (8:58) proves they understood His deity claim. Stoning was prescribed for blasphemy (Leviticus 24:16), and they recognized Jesus's ἐγώ εἰμι (ego eimi, 'I AM') as invoking God's covenant name from Exodus 3:14. But Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by (Ἰησοῦς δὲ ἐκρύβη καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ, Iesous de ekrybe kai exelthen ek tou hierou)—His esc...
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Cross-References for John 8:59
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“Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and are you going there again?”
“and he went out of their hand.”
“he shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him: the foreigner as well as the native-born”
“threw him out of the city”
“Elisha prayed to Yahweh”
“and they recognized him”
“for Jesus had withdrawn”
“the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away”
“and stopped their ears”