Verse 56
John 8:56
New Living Translation
56
Your father Abraham rejoiced as he looked forward to my coming. He saw it and was glad.”
Original Language Text
greek
Ἀβραὰμ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ἠγαλλιάσατο ἵνα ἴδῃ τὴν ἡμέραν τὴν ἐμήν, καὶ εἶδεν καὶ ἐχάρη.
English Translation
Abraham your father rejoiced that he might see my day, and he saw it and was glad.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 8 Context
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Yashua (Jesus) returned to the Mount of Olives,
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but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down a...
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As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been cau...
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“Teacher,” they said to Yashua (Jesus), “this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
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The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?”
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They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Yashua (Jesus) st...
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They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has ne...
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Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust.
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When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with the oldest, until only Ya...
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Then Yashua (Jesus) stood up again and said to the woman, “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one...
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“No, Lord,” she said. And Yashua (Jesus) said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.”
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Yashua (Jesus) spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow m...
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The Pharisees replied, “You are making those claims about yourself! Such testimony is not valid.”
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Yashua (Jesus) told them, “These claims are valid even though I make them about myself. For I know w...
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You judge me by human standards, but I do not judge anyone.
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And if I did, my judgment would be correct in every respect because I am not alone. The Father who s...
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Your own law says that if two people agree about something, their witness is accepted as fact.
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I am one witness, and my Father who sent me is the other.”
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“Where is your father?” they asked. Yashua (Jesus) answered, “Since you don’t know who I am, you don...
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Yashua (Jesus) made these statements while he was teaching in the section of the Temple known as the...
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Later Yashua (Jesus) said to them again, “I am going away. You will search for me but will die in yo...
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The people asked, “Is he planning to commit suicide? What does he mean, ‘You cannot come where I am...
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Yashua (Jesus) continued, “You are from below; I am from above. You belong to this world; I do not.
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That is why I said that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I AM who I claim to b...
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“Who are you?” they demanded. Yashua (Jesus) replied, “The one I have always claimed to be.
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I have much to say about you and much to condemn, but I won’t. For I say only what I have heard from...
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But they still didn’t understand that he was talking about his Father.
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So Yashua (Jesus) said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man on the cross, then you will understa...
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And the one who sent me is with me — he has not deserted me. For I always do what pleases him.”
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Then many who heard him say these things believed in him.
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Yashua (Jesus) said to the people who believed in him, “You are truly my disciples if you remain fai...
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And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
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“But we are descendants of Abraham,” they said. “We have never been slaves to anyone. What do you me...
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Yashua (Jesus) replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.
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A slave is not a permanent member of the family, but a son is part of the family forever.
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So if the Son sets you free, you are truly free.
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Yes, I realize that you are descendants of Abraham. And yet some of you are trying to kill me becaus...
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I am telling you what I saw when I was with my Father. But you are following the advice of your fath...
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“Our father is Abraham!” they declared. “No,” Yashua (Jesus) replied, “for if you were really the ch...
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Instead, you are trying to kill me because I told you the truth, which I heard from God (Elohim). Ab...
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No, you are imitating your real father.” They replied, “We aren’t illegitimate children! God (Elohim...
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Yashua (Jesus) told them, “If God (Elohim) were your Father, you would love me, because I have come...
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Why can’t you understand what I am saying? It’s because you can’t even hear me!
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For you are the children of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He wa...
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So when I tell the truth, you just naturally don’t believe me!
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Which of you can truthfully accuse me of sin? And since I am telling you the truth, why don’t you be...
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Anyone who belongs to God (Elohim) listens gladly to the words of God (Elohim). But you don’t listen...
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The people retorted, “You Samaritan devil! Didn’t we say all along that you were possessed by a demo...
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“No,” Yashua (Jesus) said, “I have no demon in me. For I honor my Father — and you dishonor me.
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And though I have no wish to glorify myself, God (Elohim) is going to glorify me. He is the true jud...
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I tell you the truth, anyone who obeys my teaching will never die!”
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The people said, “Now we know you are possessed by a demon. Even Abraham and the prophets died, but...
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Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?...
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Yashua (Jesus) answered, “If I want glory for myself, it doesn’t count. But it is my Father who will...
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but you don’t even know him. I know him. If I said otherwise, I would be as great a liar as you! But...
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Your father Abraham rejoiced as he looked forward to my coming. He saw it and was glad.”
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The people said, “You aren’t even fifty years old. How can you say you have seen Abraham? ”
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Yashua (Jesus) answered, “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I AM! ”
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At that point they picked up stones to throw at him. But Yashua (Jesus) was hidden from them and lef...
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