Parallel Verses
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?"
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?
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]?"
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?
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
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Apothnesko
References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 8:53
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus And Abraham
52 "Now we are sure that you are possessed by a demon," the Jews replied. "Abraham died, and so did the Prophets; and yet you say 'If any one lays my Message to heart, he will never know death.' 53 Are you greater than our ancestor Abraham, who died? And the Prophets died too. Whom do you make yourself out to be?" 54 "If I do honor to myself," answered Jesus, "such honor counts for nothing. It is my Father who does me honor--and you say that he is your God;
Cross References
John 4:12
Surely you are not greater than our ancestor Jacob who gave us the well, and used to drink from it himself, and his sons, and his cattle!"
Matthew 12:6
Here, however, I tell you, there is something greater than the Temple!
Matthew 12:41-42
At the Judgment, the men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation, and will condemn it, because they repented at Jonah's proclamation; and here is more than a Jonah!
John 5:18
This made the Jews all the more eager to kill him, because not only was he doing away with the Sabbath, but he actually called God his own Father--putting himself on an equality with God.
John 8:58
"In truth I tell you," replied Jesus, "before Abraham existed I was."
John 10:29-30
What my Father has entrusted to me is more than all else; and no one can snatch anything out of the Father's hands.
John 10:33
"It is not for any good action that we would stone you," answered the Jews, "but for blasphemy; and because you, who are only a man, make yourself out to be God."
John 12:34
"We," replied the people, "have learned from the Law that the 'Christ is to remain for ever'; how is it, then, that you say that the Son of Man must be 'lifted up' Who is this 'Son of Man'?"
John 19:7
"But we," replied the Jews, "have a Law, under which he deserves death for making himself out to be the Son of God."
Romans 9:5
They are descended from the Patriarchs; and, as far as his human nature was concerned, from them came the Christ-he who is supreme over all things, God for ever blessed. Amen.
Hebrews 3:2-3
See how faithful he was to the God who appointed him, as Moses was in the whole House of God.
Hebrews 7:1-7
It was this Melchizedek, King of Salem and Priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and gave him his blessing;