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Are youμὴ σὺ εἶgreaterμείζωνthan our fatherτοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶνAbraham,Ἀβραάμwhoὅστιςdied?ἀπέθανενAndκαὶthe prophetsοἱ προφῆταιdied!ἀπέθανονWhomτίναdo you makeποιεῖςyourselfσεαυτὸνout to be?”ποιεῖς
John 8:53
Study it in the app“Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Whom do you make yourself out to be?””
With the Greek beneath
John 8:53, word by word
- Are youεἶei
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “ei” appears- greaterμείζωνmeizōn
greater
Of greater importance or rank than the rest.
Where else “meizōn” appears- than our fatherπατρὸςpatros
forefather
An ancestor: Abraham as the founder of the family.
Where else “patros” appears- AbrahamἈβραάμAbraam
Abraham
Abraham, the father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised to bless all the families of the earth through his offspring.
Where else “Abraam” appears- diedἀπέθανενapethanen
die
To stop living: the end of life in the body.
Where else “apethanen” appears- the prophetsπροφῆταιprophētai
prophet
Someone who speaks for God.
Where else “prophētai” appears- do you makeποιεῖςpoieis
make into
To make someone into something: "I will make you fishers".
Where else “poieis” appears- yourselfσεαυτὸνseauton
yourself
Yourself.
Where else “seauton” appears
The context
52The Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, and so did the prophets, and you say, ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death, ever.’
53 · This verse (above)
54Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’
To study John 8 in a group
1. What it says
When the woman caught in adultery is brought to him, what does Jesus say to her accusers, and what does he say to her at the end? (vv. 3-11)
2. What it means
Jesus says, “I am the light of the world” and “the truth will set you free.” What link is there between remaining in his word and freedom? (vv. 12, 31-36)
3. How I live it
The accusers left one by one when Jesus spoke about sin (v. 9). When is it your turn to look at yourself before pointing at others?