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Selected Verse: John 8:53 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Joh 8:53 |
Strong Concordance |
Art [3361] [1488] thou [4771] greater than [3187] our [2257] father [3962] Abraham [11], which [3748] is dead [599]? and [2532] the prophets [4396] are dead [599]: whom [5101] makest [4160] thou [4771] thyself [4572]? |
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King James |
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| 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 followers from dying! It would have been scarcely possible to ask a question implying more contempt and scorn. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
Art thou (μὴ σὺ)
Thou, emphatic, and the negative interrogative particle implying a negative answer, thou art not surely greater.
Which is dead (ὅστις)
The compound pronoun ὅστις, which, is used explicatively, according to a familiar New Testament usage, instead of the simple relative. The sense is, seeing that he is dead. The compound relative properly indicates the class or kind to which an object belongs. Art thou greater than Abraham, who is himself one of the dead? So Col 3:5. "Mortify covetousness, seeing it is (ἥτις ἐστὶν) idolatry." See on Mat 13:52; see on Mat 21:41; see on Mar 12:18; see on Luk 12:1; see on Act 7:53; see on Act 10:41; see on Pe1 2:11. |
11 Dearly beloved [27], I beseech [3870] you as [5613] strangers [3941] and [2532] pilgrims [3927], abstain from [567] fleshly [4559] lusts [1939], which [3748] war [4754] against [2596] the soul [5590];
41 Not [3756] to all [3956] the people [2992], but [235] unto witnesses [3144] chosen before [4401] of [5259] God [2316], even to us [2254], who [3748] did eat [4906] and [2532] drink with [4844] him [846] after [3326] he [846] rose [450] from [1537] the dead [3498].
53 Who [3748] have received [2983] the law [3551] by [1519] the disposition [1296] of angels [32], and [2532] have [5442] not [3756] kept [5442] it.
1 In [1722] the mean time [3739], when there were gathered together [1996] an innumerable multitude [3461] of people [3793], insomuch that [5620] they trode [2662] one upon another [240], he began [756] to say [3004] unto [4314] his [846] disciples [3101] first of all [4412], Beware [4337] ye [1438] of [575] the leaven [2219] of the Pharisees [5330], which [3748] is [2076] hypocrisy [5272].
18 Then [2532] come [2064] unto [4314] him [846] the Sadducees [4523], which [3748] say [3004] there is [1511] no [3361] resurrection [386]; and [2532] they asked [1905] him [846], saying [3004],
41 They say [3004] unto him [846], He will miserably [2560] destroy [622] those [846] wicked men [2556], and [2532] will let out [1554] his vineyard [290] unto other [243] husbandmen [1092], which [3748] shall render [591] him [846] the fruits [2590] in [1722] their [846] seasons [2540].
52 Then [1161] said [2036] he unto them [846], Therefore [1223] [5124] every [3956] scribe [1122] which is instructed [3100] unto [1519] the kingdom [932] of heaven [3772] is [2076] like [3664] unto a man [444] that is an householder [3617], which [3748] bringeth forth [1544] out of [1537] his [846] treasure [2344] things new [2537] and [2532] old [3820].
5 Mortify [3499] therefore [3767] your [5216] members [3196] which [3588] are upon [1909] the earth [1093]; fornication [4202], uncleanness [167], inordinate affection [3806], evil [2556] concupiscence [1939], and [2532] covetousness [4124], which [3748] is [2076] idolatry [1495]: