John 8:59
So they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out from the temple grounds. And passing through the crowd, he walked away.
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58So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”
Cross References
Luke 4:29They rose up, drove him out of town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, to throw him down from the cliff.
John 5:13But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away, since there was a crowd in that place.
John 10:30The Father and I are one.”
John 11:8The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just recently seeking to stone yoʋ, and yet you are going there again?”
John 12:36While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you will become sons of light.” After saying these things, Jesus went away and 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 →