John 8:53
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for John 8:53 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
John 8:53 is a verse from the book of John in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
John 8:53 — KJV
“Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?”
— John 8:53 (KJV)
John 8:53 in Context — About the Book of John
John is the Gospel of belief — written so that you may believe Jesus is the Son of God and have life in His name. Seven I AM declarations, seven signs, and the Bible's most loved verse all live here, alongside Jesus' longest recorded prayer in chapter 17.
Cross-References for John 8:53
“Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven,”
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“Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.”
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“Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?”
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“For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth.”
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“There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”
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