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João 8:53

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53 Porventura és tu maior do que nosso pai Abraão, que morreu? Também os profetas morreram; quem pretendes tu ser?

João 8:53 Meaning and Commentary

John 8:53

Art thou greater than our father Abraham?
&c.] So the woman of Samaria said, concerning Jacob, ( John 4:12 ) . The Jews had a mighty opinion of their ancestors, especially of Abraham; and yet they allow the Messiah to be greater than he, as Jesus truly was: so one of their ancient commentators F23 on those words of ( Isaiah 52:13 ) thus paraphrases them,

``"Behold my servant shall deal prudently", this is the King Messiah; "he shall be exalted" above Abraham, as it is written, ( Genesis 14:22 ) , "and extolled" above Moses, as it is written, ( Numbers 11:12 ) , and he shall be higher than the ministering angels, as it is written, ( Ezekiel 1:26 ) ( Zechariah 4:7 ) , for he shall be (twba Nm lwdg) , "greater than the fathers".''

They add here, of Abraham,

which is dead;
he was a great and good man, and yet dead:

and the prophets are dead;
though they truly kept, and faithfully delivered the word of God:

whom makest thou thyself?
who art a poor carpenter's son, a Galilean, a Nazarene, and yet makest thyself greater than Abraham, or any of the prophets; yea, makest thyself to be God, to promise security from death, and an everlasting continuance of life upon keeping thy word.


FOOTNOTES:

F23 Tachuma apud Huls. p. 321.
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João 8:53 In-Context

51 Em verdade, em verdade vos digo que, se alguém guardar a minha palavra, nunca verá a morte.
52 Disseram-lhe os judeus: Agora sabemos que tens demônios. Abraão morreu, e também os profetas; e tu dizes: Se alguém guardar a minha palavra, nunca provará a morte!
53 Porventura és tu maior do que nosso pai Abraão, que morreu? Também os profetas morreram; quem pretendes tu ser?
54 Respondeu Jesus: Se eu me glorificar a mim mesmo, a minha glória não é nada; quem me glorifica é meu Pai, do qual vós dizeis que é o vosso Deus;
55 e vós não o conheceis; mas eu o conheço; e se disser que não o conheço, serei mentiroso como vós; mas eu o conheço, e guardo a sua palavra.
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