John 8:55
And ye know him not. But I know him; and if I should say, I know him not, I should be a liar, like you: but I do know him, and I observe his word.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
56Abraham your father desired to see my day: and he saw it, and rejoiced.
Cross References
Matthew 11:27Every thing is given up by my Father to me. And no one knoweth the Son, except the Father. Also, no one knoweth the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to reveal him.
John 1:18No man hath ever seen God; the only begotten God, he who is in the bosom of his Father, he hath declared him.
John 7:28And Jesus, while teaching in the temple, raised his voice and said: Ye both know me, and ye know from whence I am. And I did not come of my own accord; but he that sent me is true. Him ye know not;
John 8:29And he that sent me, is with me; and my Father hath not left me alone, because I do, at all times, that which pleaseth him.
John 8:51Verily, verily, I say to you: He that keepeth my word, 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 →