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John 8:54-56
1599 Geneva Bible
John 8:54-56
1599 Geneva Bible
54 [a]Jesus answered, If I honor myself, mine honor is [b]nothing worth: it is my Father that honoreth me, whom ye say, that he is your God.
55 [c]Yet ye have not known him: but I know him, and if I should say I know him not, I should be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his word.
56 [d]Your father Abraham [e]rejoiced to see my [f]day, and he [g]saw it, and was glad.
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- John 8:54 There is nothing farther off from all ambition than Christ, but his Father hath set him above all things.
- John 8:54 This is spoken by manner of [a grant]: as if he had said, Be it so, let this report which I give of myself, be of no force: yet there is another that glorifieth me, that is, that honoreth my Name.
- John 8:55 There is no right knowledge of God, without Christ, neither any right knowledge of Christ without his word.
- John 8:56 The virtue of Christ showed itself through all former ages in the Fathers, for they saw in the promises, that he should come, and did very joyfully lay hold on him with a lively faith.
- John 8:56 Was very desirous.
- John 8:56 A day is a space that a man liveth in, or doeth any notable act, or suffereth any great thing.
- John 8:56 With the eyes of faith, Heb. 11:13.
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