John 8:59
So, because they were very angry about Jesus thus saying that he ◄ had eternally existed/was equal with God►, they picked up stones to throw at him to kill him. But Jesus caused them not to be able to see him, and he left the Temple courtyard.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
58Jesus said to them, “The truth is that I existed before Abraham was born!”
Cross References
Leviticus 24:16So anyone who curses me [MTY] must be executed. All the people must throw stones at him. It does not matter if he is a foreigner or an Israeli citizen; anyone who curses me must be executed.’
Luke 4:29So they all got up and shoved him out of the town. They took him to the top of the hill outside their town in order to throw him off the cliff and kill him.
John 5:13But since Jesus had disappeared in the crowd without telling the man his name, the man did not know who it was who had healed him.
John 10:30My father and I are equal.”
John 11:8We said, “Teacher, just a short while ago the Jewish leaders [SYN] wanted to kill you by throwing stones at you. So ◄ we think that you should not go back there again!/ are you sure that you want to go back there again?► [RHQ]”
John 12:36Believe in my message [MET] while you still have an opportunity to do it, in order that you may become people who have accepted my truth [MET]!” After Jesus said those things, he left them and hid 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 →