{"id":718,"date":"2009-11-26T05:00:43","date_gmt":"2009-11-26T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=718"},"modified":"2022-01-15T11:13:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-15T17:13:13","slug":"john-856-59","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=718","title":{"rendered":"John 8:56-59"},"content":{"rendered":"

56<\/sup> Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad.\u201d <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

57<\/sup> Then the Jews said to Him, \u201cYou are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?\u201d <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

58<\/sup> Jesus said to them, \u201cMost assuredly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I AM.\u201d <\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

59<\/sup> Then they took up stones to throw at Him; but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

and he saw it (v. 56) \u2014 Abraham knew his seed would include the Messiah. The Jews were not<\/u> like Abraham. They didn’t rejoice in His day.<\/h3>\n

have You seen Abraham (v. 57) \u2014 That’s not what Jesus said. They twisted His words \u2014 either deliberately or because they didn’t understand.<\/h3>\n

I AM (v. 58) = Jehovah, the self-existing One (Exodus 3:6). The Jews understood exactly what “I AM” meant \u2014 that Jesus said He is Jehovah.<\/h3>\n

hid (v. 59) \u2014 not<\/u> cowering in a corner, but a miraculous disappearance. When they did finally lay hands on Him (to take Him to the cross), it was by His<\/u> choice because His time had come<\/u>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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