Parallel Verses
Godbey New Testament
Whether art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died: whom do you make yourself?
New American Standard Bible
Surely You
King James Version
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
Holman Bible
Are You greater than our father Abraham who died? Even the prophets died. Who do You pretend to be?”
International Standard Version
You aren't greater than our father Abraham, who died, are you? The prophets also died. Who are you making yourself out to be?"
A Conservative Version
Are thou greater than our father Abraham who died? And the prophets died. Who do thou make thyself?
American Standard Version
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died: whom makest thou thyself?
Amplified
Are You greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died too! Whom do You make Yourself out to be?”
An Understandable Version
Are you greater [i.e., more important] than our forefather Abraham and the prophets, who [all] died? Who do you think you are?"
Anderson New Testament
Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? And the prophets are dead; whom do you make yourself?
Bible in Basic English
Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: who do you say that you are?
Common New Testament
Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you claim to be?"
Daniel Mace New Testament
are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? the prophets likewise are dead: pray, what do you then pretend to be?
Darby Translation
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who has died? and the prophets have died: whom makest thou thyself?
Goodspeed New Testament
Are you a greater man than our forefather Abraham? Yet he is dead and the prophets are dead. What do you claim to be?"
John Wesley New Testament
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? The prophets also are dead.
Julia Smith Translation
Thou art not greater than our father Abraham, who died; and the prophets died: whom makest thou thyself?
King James 2000
Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom make you yourself?
Lexham Expanded Bible
You are not greater than our father Abraham who died, [are you]? And the prophets died! Who do you make yourself [to be]?"
Modern King James verseion
Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets are dead; whom do you make yourself?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? And the prophets are dead: Whom makest thou thyself?"
Moffatt New Testament
Are you greater than our father Abraham? He is dead, and the prophets are dead. Who do you claim to be?"
Montgomery New Testament
"You are not greater than our father Abraham, are you? And he died, and the prophets died. Who are you making yourself out to be?"
NET Bible
You aren't greater than our father Abraham who died, are you? And the prophets died too! Who do you claim to be?"
New Heart English Bible
Are you greater than our father, Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?"
Noyes New Testament
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets also died. Whom dost thou make thyself?
Sawyer New Testament
Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died; whom do you make yourself?
The Emphasized Bible
Surely, thou, art not, greater, than our father Abraham, - who, indeed, died? and, the prophets, died: - Whom, makest thou thyself?
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
Twentieth Century New Testament
Are you greater than our ancestor Abraham, who died? And the Prophets died too. Whom do you make yourself out to be?"
Webster
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
Weymouth New Testament
Are you really greater than our forefather Abraham? For he died. And the prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?"
Williams New Testament
You are not greater than our forefather Abraham, are you? He is dead and the prophets are dead. Who do you claim to be?"
World English Bible
Are you greater than our father, Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?"
Worrell New Testament
Art Thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died? Whom makest Thou Thyself?"
Worsley New Testament
and the prophets are dead: whom dost thou pretend to be?
Youngs Literal Translation
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died; whom dost thou make thyself?'
Themes
Divinity » Challenged » By the jewish people
Knowledge » God the father and jesus Christ knowing each other
Interlinear
hostis
Apothnesko
References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in John 8:53
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jesus And Abraham
52 The Jews said to Him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham and the prophets are dead; and thou sayest, If any one may keep my word, he may never taste death. 53 Whether art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died: whom do you make yourself? 54 Jesus responded, If I may glorify myself, my glory is nothing: my Father is the one glorifying me; whom you say, that, He is our God;
Cross References
John 4:12
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and himself and his sons, and his herds, drank of it?
Matthew 12:6
But I say unto you, that there is One here greater than the temple.
Matthew 12:41-42
The men of Nineveh will rise in judgment with this generation, and condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
John 5:18
Therefore the Jews the more sought to kill Him, because He not only broke the Sabbath, but said that God was His Father, making himself equal to God.
John 8:58
Jesus said unto them, Truly, truly, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.
John 10:29-30
The Father, who has given them unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to pluck them out of the hand of the Father.
John 10:33
The Jews responded to Him, We do not stone Thee for good work, but for blasphemy; because Thou, being a man, art making Thyself God.
John 12:34
Then the multitude responded to Him; We have heard from the law that Christ abideth forever; and how do You say, That it behooveth the Son of man to be lifted up? who is this Son of man?
John 19:7
And the Jews responded, We have a law, and according to law He ought to die, because He made Himself the Son of God.
Romans 9:5
of whom are the fathers, and of whom is Christ according to the flesh. Who is over all, God blessed forever: amen.
Hebrews 3:2-3
being faithful to him who appointed him, as indeed Moses in all his house.
Hebrews 7:1-7
For this Melchizedek, the king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, the one having met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him,