Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? And the prophets are dead: Whom makest thou thyself?"
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?
Godbey New Testament
Whether art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died: whom do you make yourself?
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?
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 Then said the Jews to him, "Now know we that thou hast the devil. Abraham is dead, and also the prophets, and yet thou sayest, 'If a man keep my saying he shall never taste of death.' 53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? And the prophets are dead: Whom makest thou thyself?" 54 Jesus answered, "If I honour myself, mine honour is nothing worth. It is my father that honoureth me, which ye say is your God.
Cross References
John 4:12
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and he himself drank thereof and his children and his cattle?"
Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, and unto us a son is given. Upon his shoulders shall the kingdom lie, and he shall be called with his own name, "Wonderful, the giver of counsel, the mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of peace."
Matthew 12:6
But I say unto you, that here is one greater than the temple.
Matthew 12:41-42
The men of Nineveh shall rise at the day of judgment with this nation, and condemn them: for they amended at the preaching of Jonah. And behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
John 5:18
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, not only because he had broken the Sabbath: but said also that God was his father and made himself equal with God.
John 8:58
Jesus said unto them, "Verily, verily I say unto you: Yer Abraham was, I am."
John 10:29-30
My father which gave them me, is greater than all men; and no man is able to take them out of my father's hand.
John 10:33
The Jews answered him saying, "For thy good works' sake we stone thee not: but for thy blasphemy, and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God."
John 12:34
The people answered him, "We have heard out of the law that Christ bideth ever: and how sayest thou then that the son of man must be lifted up? Who is that son of man?"
John 19:7
The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by our law he ought to die: because he made himself the son of God."
Romans 9:5
whose also are the fathers, and they of whom; as concerning the flesh; Christ came: which is God over all things, blessed forever. Amen.
Hebrews 3:2-3
which was faithful to him that made him even as was Moses in all his house.
Hebrews 7:1-7
This Melchizedek, king of Salem - which being priest of the most high God, met Abraham, as he returned again from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him: