A moment in scripture
John 8:55
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Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.
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The surrounding passage
- John 8:53
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
- John 8:54
Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
- John 8:56
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
- John 8:57
Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.