John 8:55
But you know him not; but I know him: and should I say that I know him not, I should be a liar like you. But I know him, and keep his words.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
56Abraham, your father, desired to see my day, and he saw, and was glad.
Cross References
Matthew 11:27All things are delivered to me from my Father; and no man knoweth the Son but the Father; also the Father no man knoweth, except the Son, and he (to) whom the Son pleaseth to reveal (him).
John 1:18ALOHA no man hath ever seen: the one-begotten God, he who is in the bosom of his Father, he hath declared him.
John 7:28Jeshu lifted up his voice as he taught in the temple, and said, You know me, and from whence I am you know: and of myself I am not come; but true is he who sent me, he whom you know not.
John 8:29And he who sent me is with me: my Father hath not left me alone; for whatever is pleasing to him I do at all time.
John 8:51Amen, amen, I say to you, That he who my word keepeth, death shall not see for ever.
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 →