Juan 8:52

52 Los judíos le dijeron: Ahora sí sabemos que tienes un demonio. Abraham murió, y también los profetas, y tú dices: "Si alguno guarda mi palabra no probará jamás la muerte."

Juan 8:52 Meaning and Commentary

John 8:52

Then said the Jews unto him
Upon these last words that he spake, giving assurance, that whoever kept his saying, should not die:

now we know that thou hast a devil;
they thought and said so before, but now they were assured, that he must be under diabolical influence, must be possessed with the devil, and mad, and out of his senses; for they thought no man in his senses would ever talk at this rate:

Abraham is dead, and the prophets;
that is, they are dead also, as the Ethiopic version adds; see ( Zechariah 1:5 ) ;

and thou sayest, if a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of
death:
Abraham and the prophets were so far from pretending by their doctrine to communicate life and secure men from death, that they could not keep themselves from dying; and therefore it must be diabolical madness and frenzy to assert anything of this kind.

Juan 8:52 In-Context

50 Pero yo no busco mi gloria; hay Uno que la busca, y juzga.
51 En verdad, en verdad os digo que si alguno guarda mi palabra, no verá jamás la muerte.
52 Los judíos le dijeron: Ahora sí sabemos que tienes un demonio. Abraham murió, y también los profetas, y tú dices: "Si alguno guarda mi palabra no probará jamás la muerte."
53 ¿Eres tú acaso mayor que nuestro padre Abraham que murió? Los profetas también murieron; ¿quién crees que eres?
54 Jesús respondió: Si yo mismo me glorifico, mi gloria no es nada; es mi Padre el que me glorifica, de quien vosotros decís: "El es nuestro Dios."
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