John 8:53 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

Whom makest thou thyself? - Or, who dost thou pretend to be? Although the greatest of the prophets have died, yet thou a Nazarene, a Samaritan, and a devil pretendest that thou canst keep thy followers from dying! It would have been scarcely possible to ask a question implying more contempt and scorn.

John 8:53

53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?