56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
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These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. …
For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
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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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