John 8:55
You have not known him, but I know him. If I would say, 'I do not know him,' I would be like you, a liar. However, I know him and keep his word.
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56Your father Abraham rejoiced at seeing my day; he saw it and was glad.”
Cross References
Jeremiah 9:3Yahweh declares, “They tread on their bows of lies with their tongues, 1 but it is not because of any faithfulness of theirs that they grow strong on the earth. 1 They go from one wicked act to another. They do not know me.” 1
Matthew 11:27All things have been entrusted to me from my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father and no one knows the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
John 1:18No one has seen God at any time. The one and only God, who is at the side of the Father, he has made him known.
John 7:28Then Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, “You both know me and know where I come from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, and you do not know him.
John 8:29He who sent me is with me, and he has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him.”
John 8:51Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.”
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 →