Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
You are not greater than our father Abraham who died, [are you]? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself [to be]?"
New American Standard Bible
Surely You
King James Version
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
Holman Bible
Are You greater than our father Abraham who died? Even the prophets died. Who do You pretend to be?”
International Standard Version
You aren't greater than our father Abraham, who died, are you? The prophets also died. Who are you making yourself out to be?"
A Conservative Version
Are thou greater than our father Abraham who died? And the prophets died. Who do thou make thyself?
American Standard Version
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died: whom makest thou thyself?
Amplified
Are You greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died too! Whom do You make Yourself out to be?”
An Understandable Version
Are you greater [i.e., more important] than our forefather Abraham and the prophets, who [all] died? Who do you think you are?"
Anderson New Testament
Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead; whom do you make yourself?
Bible in Basic English
Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: who do you say that you are?
Common New Testament
Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you claim to be?"
Daniel Mace New Testament
are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? the prophets likewise are dead: pray, what do you then pretend to be?
Darby Translation
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who has died? and the prophets have died: whom makest thou thyself?
Godbey New Testament
Whether art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died: whom do you make yourself?
Goodspeed New Testament
Are you a greater man than our forefather Abraham? Yet he is dead and the prophets are dead. What do you claim to be?"
John Wesley New Testament
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? The prophets also are dead.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou art not greater than our father Abraham, who died; and the prophets died: whom makest thou thyself?
King James 2000
Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom make you yourself?
Modern King James verseion
Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets are dead; whom do you make yourself?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? And the prophets are dead: Whom makest thou thyself?"
Moffatt New Testament
Are you greater than our father Abraham? He is dead, and the prophets are dead. Who do you claim to be?"
Montgomery New Testament
"You are not greater than our father Abraham, are you? And he died, and the prophets died. Who are you making yourself out to be?"
NET Bible
You aren't greater than our father Abraham who died, are you? And the prophets died too! Who do you claim to be?"
New Heart English Bible
Are you greater than our father, Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?"
Noyes New Testament
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets also died. Whom dost thou make thyself?
Sawyer New Testament
Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died; whom do you make yourself?
The Emphasized Bible
Surely, thou, art not, greater, than our father Abraham, - who, indeed, died? and, the prophets, died: - Whom, makest thou thyself?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
Twentieth Century New Testament
Are you greater than our ancestor Abraham, who died? And the Prophets died too. Whom do you make yourself out to be?"
Webster
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
Weymouth New Testament
Are you really greater than our forefather Abraham? For he died. And the prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?"
Williams New Testament
You are not greater than our forefather Abraham, are you? He is dead and the prophets are dead. Who do you claim to be?"
World English Bible
Are you greater than our father, Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?"
Worrell New Testament
Art Thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died? Whom makest Thou Thyself?"
Worsley New Testament
and the prophets are dead: whom dost thou pretend to be?
Youngs Literal Translation
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died; whom dost thou make thyself?'
Themes
Divinity » Challenged » By the jewish people
Knowledge » God the father and jesus Christ knowing each other
Interlinear
hostis
Apothnesko
References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 8:53
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus And Abraham
52 The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham and the prophets died, and you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death {forever}.' 53 You are not greater than our father Abraham who died, [are you]? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself [to be]?" 54 Jesus replied, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. The one who glorifies me is my Father, [about] whom you say, 'He is our God.'
Cross References
John 4:12
You are not greater than our father Jacob, [are you], who gave us the well and drank from it himself, and his sons and his livestock?"
Isaiah 9:6
For a child has been born for us; a son has been given to us. And the dominion will be on his shoulder, and his name is called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Matthew 12:6
But I tell you that [something] greater than the temple is here!
Matthew 12:41-42
The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the proclamation of Jonah, and behold, [something] greater than Jonah [is] here!
John 5:18
So on account of this the Jews were seeking even more to kill him, because he not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God his own Father, [thus] making himself equal with God.
John 8:58
Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly I say to you, before Abraham was, I am!"
John 10:29-30
My Father, who has given [them] to me, is greater than all, and no one can seize [them] from the Father's hand.
John 10:33
The Jews answered him, "We are not going to stone you concerning a good deed, but concerning blasphemy, and because you, [although you] are a man, make yourself [to be] God!"
John 12:34
Then the crowd replied to him, "We have heard from the law that the Christ remains {forever}! And how do you say that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?"
John 19:7
The Jews replied to him, "We have a law, and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself out to be the Son of God!"
Romans 9:5
[to] whom [belong] the patriarchs, and from whom [is] the Christ according to human descent, who is God over all, blessed {forever}! Amen.
Hebrews 3:2-3
who was faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses also [was] in his household.
Hebrews 7:1-7
For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham [as he] was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,