john-8:56-58

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:58

‘Jesus said to them, “In very truth I tell you that before Abraham was, I am’. At this claim they must have been shocked to the core. They had accused Him before on the basis of enigmatic statements, but this final statement could not be misunderstood. Whatever Jesus had meant previously it was now patently clear that He was claiming to have had eternal existence, to have been in continual being long before Abraham. He was indeed saying that He was the ‘I am’, the eternally existing God, the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:31-59

John 8:31-James : . 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” party to a fuller faith. If they will make Christ’ s teaching a real part of their lives, they will gain the truth which sets men free. They take offence. If they have had to submit to foreign power, they have never been reduced to slavery. Sin is slavery, Jesus replies, and... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 8:56

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 was made to him, That in his seed all the nations of the earth should be blessed. He saw it in the type of Isaac’s being offered, then receiving him in a figure, Hebrews 11:19. He saw it in the light of Divine revelation. He saw my coming in the flesh; my dying upon the cross for sinners; the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 8:57

Christ was at this time but three and thirty years old, and upward: they dream of Abraham’s seeing him, and his seeing Abraham, with bodily eyes, of which Christ said nothing; that indeed had been a thing impossible, for Abraham was dead many hundred years before Christ appeared in the flesh to the world: neither doth our Saviour say, that he had seen Abraham, or that Abraham had seen him; but that he had seen his day, his coming in the flesh, his death, which Abraham had seen, not with bodily... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 8:58

Some will have the meaning to be, that Christ was before Abraham’s time constituted Mediator; as he is said to be the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, Revelation 13:8; so 1 Peter 1:20. But thus it might have been said of any of the elect, that they were chosen before Abraham was. It is therefore undoubtedly to be understood of Christ’s eternal existence, as to his Divine nature; and this will appear, as from other arguments, so from the whole scope of our Saviour’s former discourse... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - John 8:13-59

EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTESJohn 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 of Him, still His witness of Himself was full and complete for those who cared to search and see. Like the light, He was truly His own witness. It might be necessary in human law to require at least two witnesses (Matthew 18:16)—memory and knowledge are alike often defective—but it was not so with Christ. “I know... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 8:56

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 secret chambers of God's counsels, until it seemed good to the Holy Ghost to reveal it to the prophet Isaiah. But the meaning of the words My day in the text must clearly be the day or season of Christ's coming, and dwelling upon earth, the day or season of that earthly life into which He entered.... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 8:58

John 8:58 The text is one of those rare passages in which Jesus Christ appears to stand upon His own dignity, in which the Lowly, the Humble, the Unresisting Son of man asserts His high origin, claiming to be God, for it amounts to no less: God from everlasting. "Before Abraham was, I am." I. Abraham rejoiced to see the day of Christ. He had a glimpse of that day of the birth of Jesus Christ, born of the Virgin Mary, as He had a glimpse also of the manner in which Jesus Christ should work out... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - John 8:56

DISCOURSE: 1657ABRAHAM’S VIEWS OF CHRISTJohn 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 need of a spiritual discernment. For want of it, his hearers could not understand his plainest assertions. It being his object to convey spiritual instruction, he used such expressions as were suited to that end: but his hearers annexed only a carnal sense to them, and therefore conceived of him as talking like... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - John 8:1-59

Chapter 8Now Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives. And early in the morning he came again to the temple ( John 8:1-2 ),Now the feast is over, but Jesus is returning to the temple on the next day.and all of the people came on to him; and he sat down, and taught them ( John 8:2 ).I told you this morning that the rabbi always sat when he talked.And the scribes and the Pharisees brought unto him a women taken in adultery; and when they sat her in the midst, they said unto him, Master, this woman was... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:58

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:31-59

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 8:56

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 8:57

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - John 8:58

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - John 8:13-59

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 8:56

Sermon Bible Commentary - John 8:58

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - John 8:56

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - John 8:1-59

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