John 8:55
You do not know Him, but I know Him perfectly; and were I to deny my knowledge of Him, I should resemble you, and be a liar. On the contrary I do know Him, and I obey His commands.
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
56Abraham your forefather exulted in the hope of seeing my day: and he saw it, and was glad."
Cross References
Matthew 11:27"All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one fully knows the Son except the Father, nor does any one fully know the Father except the Son and all to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
John 1:18No human eye has ever seen God: the only Son, who is in the Father's bosom--He has made Him known.
John 7:28Jesus therefore, while teaching in the Temple, cried aloud, and said, "Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. And yet I have not come of my own accord; but there is One who has sent me, an Authority indeed, of whom you have no knowledge.
John 8:29And He who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone: for I do always what is pleasing to Him."
John 8:51In most solemn truth I tell you that if any one shall have obeyed my teaching he shall in no case ever 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 →