53Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
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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?
Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.
For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; …
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. …
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 51-59)In these verses we have, I. The doctrine of the immortality of believers laid down, John 8:51. It is ushered in with the usual solemn preface, Verily, verily, I say unto you , which commands both attention and assent, and this is what he says, If a man keep my sayings, he shall never see death . Here we have, 1. The character of a believer: he is one that keeps the sayings of the Lord Jesus, ton l…
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