John 8:56
Youre father Abraham was glad to se my daye and he sawe it and reioysed.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
In Context
57Then sayde the Iewes vnto him: thou arte not yet.l. yere olde and hast thou sene Abraham?
Cross References
Luke 2:28then toke he him vp in his armes and sayde.
John 8:37I speake that I have sene with my father: and ye do that which ye have sene with youre father.
Galatians 3:7Vnderstonde therfore that they which are of fayth the same are the chyldren of Abraham.
Hebrews 11:39And these all thorow fayth obtayned good reporte and receaved not the promes
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 →