John 8:57

John 8:57 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
• New International Version (NIV)“You are not yet fifty years old,” they said to him, “and you have seen Abraham!”
• English Standard Version (ESV)So the Jews said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?”

Context of John 8:57

55but you don’t even know him. I know him. If I said otherwise, I would be as great a liar as you! But I do know him and obey him. 56Your father Abraham rejoiced as he looked forward to my coming. He saw it and was glad.” The people said, “You aren’t even fifty years old. How can you say you have seen Abraham?” 58Jesus answered, “I tell you the truth, before Abraham was even born, I Am!” 59At that point they picked up stones to throw at him. But Jesus was hidden from them and left the Temple.

John 8:57 word by word

εἶπον οὖν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι πρὸς αὐτόν· πεντήκοντα ἔτη οὔπω ἔχεις, καὶ Ἀβραὰμ ἑώρακας;¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenοὖνoun · therefore/thenG3767
• saidλέγωlegō · to sayG3004
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• Thou artἔχωechō · to have/beG2192
• not yetοὔπωoupō · not yetG3768
• fiftyπεντήκονταpentēkonta · fiftyG4004
• yearsἔτοςetos · yearG2094
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• hast thou seenὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• AbrahamἈβραάμAbraam · AbrahamG11

Commentaries on John 8:57

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 57Thou art not yet fifty years old - Some MSS. read forty. The age of our blessed Lord has never been properly determined. Some of the primitive fathers believed that he was fifty years old when he was crucified; but their foundation, which is no other than these words of the Jews, is but a very uncertain one. Calmet thinks that our Lord was at this time about thirty-four years and ten months old, and that he was crucified about the middle of his…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 57Fifty years old - Jesus is supposed to have been at this time about the age of 33. It is remarkable that when he was so young they should have mentioned the number 50, but they probably designed to prevent the possibility of a reply. Had they said 40 they might have apprehended a reply, or could not be so certain that they were correct. Hast thou seen Abraham? - It is remarkable, also, that they perverted his words. His affirmation was not that he had…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 54-59Verses 54-59 Christ and all that are his, depend upon God for honour. Men may be able to dispute about God, yet may not know him. Such as know not God, and obey not the gospel of Christ, are put together, 2Th 1:8. All who rightly know anything of Christ, earnestly desire to know more of him. Those who discern the dawn of the light of the Sun of Righteousness, wish to see his rising. "Before Abraham was, I AM." This speaks Abraham a creature, and our Lord…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 57You are not yet fifty years old: The Jewish leaders misunderstood Jesus. Jesus was not talking about his physical age. He was speaking about his divine pre-existence (his existence before he was born as a human).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 57-5957-59. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old--"No inference can be drawn from this as to the age of our Lord at the time as man. Fifty years was with the Jews the completion of manhood" [Alford]. and hast thou seen Abraham?--He had said Abraham saw Him, as being his peculiar privilege. They give the opposite turn to it--"Hast Thou seen Abraham?" as an honor too great for Him to pretend to.Read the comment

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Commentaries on John 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings