John 8:56

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

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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, Jo...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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 forme...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Controversy with the Jews who Believed. Many are convinced by this appeal. The following section summarises the teaching by which Jesus tried to br...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

rejoiced . leaped for joy. Greek. agalliao. Compare John 5:35 . to . in order that (Greek. hina) he might. see. App-133. Therefore Abraham...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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; η...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 p...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 agre...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

'I am greater than your Father Abraham, for Abraham looked forward with exultation to the manifestation of one greater than himself, one in whom al...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 sh...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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. J...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 th...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 d...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 "...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 a...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees 51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Challenge Comes To Its Climax By Jesus Revealing That He Is The ‘I Am' ( John 8:48-58 ). In this final section Jesus deals with their insults...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day, and he saw it and was glad'. Abraham had been told by God that ‘by you all the families of the earth wi...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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. —A...
Sermon Bible Commentary

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. T...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 So...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Christ thus spake to his adversaries. John 8:29 . And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone: for I do always those things...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

John 8:31 . Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; For there were many,...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We will read, from the Revised Version, two passages which record attempts made to kill our Lord before his time had come. You will see, from the ser...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 pre...
The Biblical Illustrator

Then said Jesus unto those Jews which believed on Him. A glorious liberator I. FREEDOM PROFFERED. 1. Sin makes bondage ( John 8:34 ; Matthe...
The Biblical Illustrator

Abraham is dead and the prophets Abraham and Jesus I. THE GREATNESS OF ABRAHAM: 1. The ancestor of the Jews. “Our father,” said they ( John...
The Biblical Illustrator

Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day Abraham’s vision of Christ’s day (Christmas day Sermon):--Here is joy, joy at a sight, at the sight...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The attempt to kill the Lord:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day; and he saw it and was glad.
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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,...

⁵⁶ Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

Related Commentaries of John 8:56

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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