John 8:53
Are You greater than our father Abraham, who died? Also the prophets died. Whom do You make Yourself out to be?”
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Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
John 5:18Because of this the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but also He called God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
John 10:29My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father's hand.
John 12:34The crowd answered Him, “We heard from the law that the Christ abides forever; and so how do You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”
Romans 9:5of whom are the fathers and from whom Christ came, according to the flesh, He who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen. 1 Israel's Rejection and God's Purpose
Matthew Henry on John 8:52-59
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. 52 Then 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. 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? 54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye… Read the whole commentary →