Verse 57
John 8:57
New Living Translation
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The people said, “You aren’t even fifty years old. How can you say you have seen Abraham? ”
Original Language Text
greek
εἶπον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι πρὸς αὐτόν· Πεντήκοντα ἔτη οὔπω ἔχεις καὶ Ἀβραὰμ ἑώρακας;
English Translation
The Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?"
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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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