Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
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Gill's Exposition
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day,.... Or "he was desirous to see my day", as the Syriac and Arabic versions rightly render the word; or "very desirous", as the Persic version: and indeed,…
Barnes' Notes
Whom makest thou thyself? - Or, who dost thou pretend to be? Although the greatest of the prophets have died, yet thou a Nazarene, a Samaritan, and a devil pretendest that thou canst keep thy…
In these verses we have,
I. The doctrine of the immortality of believers laid down, Joh 8:51. It is ushered in with the usual solemn preface, Verily, verily, I say unto you, which commands both…
Cambridge Bible
Art thou greater Exactly parallel to Joh 4:12. -Thou" is emphatic: -Surely Thouart not greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died." An anacoluthon, like their exaggeration, very…
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