52 [a]Then said the Jews to him, Now know we that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the Prophets: and thou sayest, If a man keep my word, he shall never taste of death.

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

54 [b]Jesus answered, If I honor myself, mine honor is [c]nothing worth: it is my Father that honoreth me, whom ye say, that he is your God.

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Footnotes

  1. John 8:52 Against them which abuse the glory of the Saints, to darken Christ’s glory.
  2. John 8:54 There is nothing farther off from all ambition than Christ, but his Father hath set him above all things.
  3. 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.

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