John 8:51-59

51 Truly, truly, ¹I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never ²see death."

52 The Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon! ³Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet ⁴you say, 'If anyone keeps my word, he will never ⁵taste death.'

53 ⁶Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself out to be?"

54 Jesus answered, ⁷"If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. ⁸It is my Father who glorifies me, ⁹of whom you say, 'He is our God.'^[a]

55 But ¹⁰you have not known him. ¹¹I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be ¹²a liar ¹³like you, but I do know him and I keep his word.

56 ¹⁴Your father Abraham ¹⁵rejoiced ¹⁶that he would see my day. ¹⁷He saw it and was glad."

57 So the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?"^[b]

58 Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, ¹⁸I am."

59 So ¹⁹they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple.

Cross References

• 1. John 5:24; John 11:26
• 2. See Luke 2:26
• 3. [Zechariah 1:5]
• 4. ver. 51
• 5. Matthew 16:28; Hebrews 2:9
• 6. [John 4:12]
• 7. ver. 50
• 8. John 13:32; John 17:1; Acts 3:13; Hebrews 5:5; 2 Peter 1:17
• 9. ver. 41
• 10. ver. 19; John 7:28
• 11. John 7:29; See Matthew 11:27
• 12. 1 John 1:6
• 13. ver. 44
• 14. ver. 39
• 15. See Matthew 13:17
• 16. Luke 17:22
• 17. [Hebrews 11:13]
• 18. See Exodus 3:14
• 19. John 10:31

Footnotes

• [a]. Some manuscripts your God
• [b]. Some manuscripts has Abraham seen you?