“ Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. ”
Your father Abraham - The testimony of Abraham is adduced by Jesus because the Jews considered it to be a signal honor to be his descendants, John 8:39 . As they regarded the sayings and deeds o...
(20) Your father Abraham (t) rejoiced to see my (u) day: and he (x) saw [it], and was glad. (20) The power of Christ showed itself through all former ages in the fathers, for they saw in the promise...
Controversy with the Jews who Believed. Many are convinced by this appeal. The following section summarises the teaching by which Jesus tried to bring the more favourably disposed of the Jewish par...
rejoiced . leaped for joy. Greek. agalliao. Compare John 5:35 . to . in order that (Greek. hina) he might. see. App-133. Therefore Abraham must have heard of it from Jehovah, for "faith co...
56. Your father Abraham. He grants to them, in words only, what he formerly took from them, that Abraham is their father But he shows how idle is the objection drawn from the name of Ab...
DISCOURSE: 1657 ABRAHAM’S VIEWS OF CHRIST John 8:56 . Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad . ONE cannot read any of our Lord’s discourses without seeing the n...
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it , and was glad. Abraham rejoiced to see my day - Or, he earnestly desired to see my day; ηγαλλιασατο, from αγαν, very much, and ἁλλομαι, I...
Your Father Abraham rejoiced, &c.— When the figurative word day is used not to express the period of any one's existence, but to denote his peculiar office and employment, it must needs signi...
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day, х eegalliasato ( G21 ) hina ( G2443 ) idee ( G1492 )] - 'exu...
The Feast of Tabernacles Continued. Christ the Light of the World John 7:53 to John 8:11 . The woman taken in adultery. All modern critics agree that this section is no original part of the Fou...
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day. — They had asked in scorn if He were greater than their father Abraham ( John 8:53 )..His words have shown that He was. He now, with the thoughts of Joh...
Chapter 19 JESUS REJECTED IN JERUSALEM. “He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek Me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come. The Jews therefore said, Will...
the Eternal Christ John 8:48-59 It is absolutely true that the Christian disciple does see death as the king of terrors or as a grim monster. Jesus has robbed death of its sting; He has destroy...
The end of chapter 7 is closely linked with this, in that after declaring "every man went to his own house," the writer said, "But Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives." Here we have the story of a r...
Why do ye not understand my speech; even because ye cannot hear my word. (44) Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode...
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day ,.... Or "he was desirous to see my day", as the Syriac and Arabic versions rightly render the word; or "very desirous", as the Persic version: and indeed,...
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it , and was glad. Ver. 56. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see ] He saw it afar off, and saluted it, ασπασαμενοι, Hebrews 11:13 . His goo...
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day Ηγαλλιασατο ινα ιδη την ημεραν, exulted with desire, to see my day. “The words ινα ιδη, that he might see , immediately following the verb, show,” as D...
A WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY (vs.1-11) While others went to their homes, the Lord spent the night in the mount of Olives, away from all the words and thoughts of men, in the calm of His Father's pr...
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. 52 Th...
You glory much in this, that you have Abraham to your father. This father of yours foresaw my coming into the world, and my dying upon the cross. He saw it by the eye of faith, in the promise which w...
Chapter 8 Jesus - The Light of the World and the ‘I am' ( John 8:12-59 ). In this chapter Jesus is revealed as ‘the Light of the World'. This is a reminder of the one spoken of in the words of Isa...
EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 8:13 . They forgot His vindication of Himself ( John 5:31-37 ). John 8:14 . Even if I bear record, etc. —Although He was content to let the Father witness o...
John 8:56 Christ's Day, or Christmas Joys I. The text does not tell us that Abraham had any distinct foresight of the manner of Christ's birth. That was a mystery which remained locked up in the...
John 8:28 . Then said Jesus unto them; That is, to the Jews who were questioning and opposing him,- John 8:28 . When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and tha...
John 8:1 . Jesus went to the mount of Olives, where it is probable he slept in some booth in the gardens; and returned early to the temple, to preach to the people, before the commencement of publ...
Then said Jesus unto those Jews which believed on Him. A glorious liberator I. FREEDOM PROFFERED. 1. Sin makes bondage ( John 8:34 ; Matthew 6:24 ; Luke 16:13 ; Romans 6:16-17 ; Galatian...
EXPOSITION Verses 7:53-8:11 (8) The pericope adulterae. (a) Excursus on the genuineness of John 7:53-43 John 7:53-43 John 7:53-43 . It is our duty to examine the various grounds on...
The attempt to kill the Lord:
1 Peter 1:10-12 ; Galatians 3:7-9 ; Genesis 22:18 ; Hebrews 11:13 ; Hebrews 11:39 ; Luke 10:24 ; Luke 2:28-30
He saw it — By faith in types, figures, and promises; as particularly in Melchisedec; in the appearance of Jehovah to him in the plains of Mamre, Genesis 18:1 ; and in the promise that in his seed...