Juan 8:52

52 —Ahora estamos convencidos de que estás poseído por un demonio —dijeron—. Hasta Abraham y los profetas murieron, pero tú dices: “¡El que obedezca mi enseñanza nunca morirá!”.

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 Y, aunque no tengo ninguna intención de glorificarme a mí mismo, Dios va a glorificarme y él es el verdadero juez.

51 Les digo la verdad, ¡todo el que obedezca mi enseñanza jamás morirá!

52 —Ahora estamos convencidos de que estás poseído por un demonio —dijeron—. Hasta Abraham y los profetas murieron, pero tú dices: “¡El que obedezca mi enseñanza nunca morirá!”.

53 ¿Acaso eres más importante que nuestro padre Abraham? Él murió, igual que los profetas. ¿Tú quién te crees que eres?

54 Jesús contestó: