John 8:59
Then they picked up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus was concealed and went out of the temple, going through the middle of them; yes, that is how He got away!
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In Context
58Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly I say to you, before Abraham came to be, I AM!”
Cross References
Luke 4:29and rising up they drove Him out of the town and took Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him off the cliff.
John 5:13But the man who was cured did not know who it was, because Jesus had disappeared, there being a crowd in the place.
John 10:30I and the Father are one.”
John 11:8The disciples say to Him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now trying to stone you, and you are going back there?”
John 12:36While you have the Light, believe into the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” Jesus said these things, and going away He was hidden from them.
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 →