...him, and keep hie saying. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day : and he saw it, and was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and habt thou seen Abraham ? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, ' I say unto you, Before Abraham was,...

...nmiriul more than a^y mm1*' (lea. lii. 14), which mitiht \vtll give turn lac ifCHAP. VIII. [Abraham. the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they ? 59 Then took they up stones to cast at him : but Jesus hid himself, 58 Jesus said unto them, Verily,...

...it yet fifty ye ¡lou seen Aon hait thou see: Then tu, Tiion rears old, and raham? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am. Then took they up stones to cast at him : but Jesm hid himself, and went out of the temple. The Sunday...

...forth and came from God.— Your Father Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it aud was glad. Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham ? Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am.' How distant from...

...heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.' John viii. 57, 58. ' Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus saith unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.' John x. 30. ' I and...

...his ministry, to the Jews, when cavilling with him concerning Abraham, in answer to their challenge, "Thou art not yet fifty years old; and hast thou seen Abraham ?" "Verily, verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was, I am " (John viii. 57, 58). Our dear Lord did...

...occasions ) that his countrymen, when ridiculing him for saying, ' Before Abraham wcs, I am,' cry out, ' Thou ' art not yet FIFTY years old, and hast thou seen ' Abraham ?' — If his countenance had not borne the traces of near fifty years, they would surely have taken...

...hearts seems to kindle with the clearness of the Revelation ; «* that when in conclusion He tells them, " Verily, verily, I say unto you, before Abraham was I AM ;" their fury can no longer be controlled, and they take ap stones to cast at Him. Their last attempt...

...not understand him, and objected rightly against its being true. respecting his person. Said they, " thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham ?" If he had meant his person, it had been no parable. Therefore it was not intended, as some think,...

...convince him of a falsehood, from the impossibility of the things that he had asserted, ver. 57. ' Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham ?' Abraham was dead so many hundred years before thou wast born ; how couldst thou see him, or he thee?...