the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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John 8:56
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Your father Abraham was very happy that he would see the day when I came. He saw that day and was happy."
Youre father Abraham was glad to se my daye and he sawe it and reioysed.
Your father Avraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw it, and was glad."
Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day, and he saw it and was glad."Luke 10:24; Hebrews 11:13;">[xr]
"Your father Abraham was overjoyed that he would see My day, and he saw it and rejoiced."
Your father Abraham was very happy that he would see my day. He saw that day and was glad."
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw [it], and was glad.
Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad."
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw it, and was glad."
Your father Abraham longed to see my day; and he saw it and was glad.
Abraham your forefather exulted in the hope of seeing my day: and he saw it, and was glad."
Abraham, youre fadir, gladide to se my dai; and he saiy, and ioyede.
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.
Your father Abraham was overjoyed to see My day. He saw it and was glad."
"Your father Abraham [greatly] rejoiced to see My day (My incarnation). He saw it and was delighted."
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.
Your father Abraham was full of joy at the hope of seeing my day: he saw it and was glad.
Avraham, your father, was glad that he would see my day; then he saw it and was overjoyed."
Your father Abraham exulted in that he should see my day, and he saw and rejoiced.
Abraham, your father, desired to see my day, and he saw, and was glad.
Abraham your father desired to see my day: and he saw it, and rejoiced.
Your father Abraham reioyced to see my day: and he saw it, & was glad.
Your father Abraham rejoiced as he looked forward to my coming. He saw it and was glad."
Your father Abraham was glad that he was to see My coming. He saw it and was happy."
Your ancestor Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day; he saw it and was glad."
Your father Abraham reioyced to see my day, and he sawe it, and was glad.
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it and was glad.
Abraham, your father, exulted that he should see my day; and he saw, and rejoiced.
Abraham your father rejoiced that he might see my day: he saw it and was glad.
Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see my day; he saw it and was glad."
Your father Abraham was glad to see my day: and he saw it, and reioyced.
Your father Abraham rejoiced that he was to see the time of my coming; he saw it and was glad."
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; he saw it
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
Abraham your father rejoiced that he would see my day, and he saw it and was glad."
Your father Abraham leaped for joy that he should see My day, and he saw, and rejoiced.
Abraham, your father, was glad that he might see my day; and he saw, and did rejoice.'
Abraham youre father was glad, that he shulde se my daye, And he sawe it, and reioysed.
your father Abraham long'd to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
Your father Abraham was overjoyed to see my day, and he saw it and was glad."
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad."
Did you know that Abraham was allowed to see what I would do and he absolutely rejoiced at the sight?"
"Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad."
Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad."
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
rejoiced: Genesis 22:18, Luke 2:28-30, Luke 10:24, Galatians 3:7-9, Hebrews 11:13, Hebrews 11:39, 1 Peter 1:10-12
Reciprocal: Genesis 17:17 - laughed Genesis 17:19 - Isaac Malachi 2:10 - all Matthew 13:17 - That many Matthew 23:39 - Ye shall not John 6:40 - seeth John 8:40 - a man Romans 4:1 - Abraham Galatians 3:17 - the covenant Hebrews 12:2 - Looking Hebrews 13:8 - General
Gill's Notes on the 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 "very desirous", as the Persic version: and indeed, this was what many kings and prophets, and righteous men, were desirous of, even of seeing the Messiah and his day: we often read of ימות המשיח, "the days of the Messiah": and the Jews, in their Talmud y, dispute much about them, how long they will be; one says forty years, another seventy, another three ages: it is the opinion of some, that they shall be according to the number of the days of the year, three hundred and sixty five years; some say seven thousand years, and others as many as have been from the beginning of the world; and others, as many as from Noah; but we know the day of Christ better, and how long he was here on earth; and whose whole time here is called his day; this Abraham had a very great desire to see:
and he saw [it] and was glad; he saw it with an eye of faith, he saw it in the promise, that in his seed all the nations of the earth should be blessed; and when it was promised him he should have a son, which was the beginning of the fulfilment of the other, he laughed, and therefore his son was called Isaac, to which some reference is here made; he saw him in the birth of his son Isaac and rejoiced, and therefore called his name Isaac, that is, "laughter": he saw also Christ and his day, his sufferings, death, and resurrection from the dead, in a figure; in the binding of Isaac, in the sacrifice of the ram, and in the receiving of Isaac, as from the dead; and he not only saw the Messiah in his type Melchizedek, and who some think was the Son of God himself, but he saw the second person, the promised Messiah, in an human form, Genesis 18:2; and all this was matter of joy and gladness to him. This brings to mind what the Jews say at the rejoicing at the law, when the book of the law is brought out z
"Abraham rejoiced with the rejoicing of the law, he that cometh shall come, the branch with the joy of the law; Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Aaron, Joshua, Samuel, David, Solomon, rejoiced with the joy of the law; he that cometh shall come, the branch with the joy of the law.''
y T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 99. 1. z Seder Tephillot, fol. 309. 1. Ed. Basil.
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, John 8:39. As they regarded the sayings and deeds of Abraham as especially illustrious and worthy of their imitation, so they were bound, in consistency, to listen to what he had said of the Messiah.
Rejoiced - This word includes the notion of desire as well as rejoicing. It denotes that act when, compelled with strong desire for an object, we leap forward toward its attainment with joy; and it expresses:
1.The fact that this was an object that filled the heart of Abraham with joy; and,
2.That he earnestly desired to see it.
We have no single word which expresses the meaning of the original. In Matthew 5:12 it is rendered “be exceeding glad.”
To see - Rather, he earnestly and joyfully desired that he might see. To see here means to have a view or distinct conception of. It does not imply that Abraham expected that the Messiah would appear during his life, but that he might have a representation of, or a clear description and foresight of the times of the Messiah.
My day - The, day of the Messiah. The word “day,” here, is used to denote the time, the appearance, the advent, and the manner of life of the Messiah. Luke 17:26; “as it was in the days of Noah so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.” See John 9:4; Matthew 11:12. The day of judgment is also called the day of the Son of man, because it will be a remarkable time of his manifestation. Or perhaps in both those cases it is called his day because he will act the most conspicuous part; his person and work will characterize the times; as we speak of the days of Noah, etc., because he was the most conspicuous person of the age.
He saw it - See Hebrews 11:13; “These all died in faith, not having received (obtained the fulfillment of) the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them,” etc. Though Abraham was not permitted to live to see the times of the Messiah, yet he was permitted to have a prophetic view of him, and also of the design of his coming; for,
1. God foretold his advent clearly to him, Genesis 12:3; Genesis 18:18. Compare Galatians 3:16; “Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, and to thy seed, which is Christ.”
2. Abraham was permitted to have a view of the death of the Messiah as a sacrifice for sin, represented by the command to offer Isaac, Genesis 22:1-13. Compare Hebrews 11:19. The death of the Messiah as a sacrifice for the sins of men was that which characterized his work - which distinguished his times and his advent, and this was represented to Abraham clearly by the command to offer his son. From this arose the proverb among the Jews Genesis 22:14, “In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen,” or it shall be provided for; a proverb evidently referring to the offering of the Messiah on the mount for the sins of men. By this event Abraham was impressively told that a parent would not be required to offer in sacrifice his sons for the sins of his soul - a thing which has often been done by pagan; but that God would provide a victim, and in due time an offering would be made for the world.
Was glad - Was glad in view of the promise, and that he was permitted so distinctly to see it represented. If the father of the faithful rejoiced so much to see him afar off, how should we rejoice that he has come; that we are not required to look into a distant futurity, but know that he has appeared; that we may learn clearly the manner of his coming, his doctrine, and the design of his death! Well might the eyes of a patriarch rejoice to be permitted to look in any manner on the sublime and glorious scene of the Son of God dying for the sins of men. And our chief honor and happiness is to contemplate the amazing scene of man’s redemption, where the Saviour groaned and died to save a lost and ruined race.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse John 8:56. Abraham rejoiced to see my day — Or, he earnestly desired to see my day; ηγαλλιασατο, from αγαν, very much, and αλλομαι, I leap - his soul leaped forward in earnest hope and strong expectation that he might see the incarnation of Jesus Christ. The metaphor appears to be taken from a person who, desiring to see a long-expected friend who is coming, runs forward, now and then jumping up to see if he can discover him. There is a saying very like this in Sohar Numer fol. 61: "Abraham rejoiced because he could know, and perceive, and cleave to the Divine NAME." The Divine name is יהוה Yehovah; and by this they simply mean God himself.
And he saw it — Not only in the first promise, Genesis 3:15, for the other patriarchs saw this as well as he; and not only in that promise which was made particularly to himself, Genesis 12:7; Genesis 22:18, (compared with Galatians 3:16,) that the Messiah should spring from his family; but he saw this day especially when Jehovah appeared to him in a human form, Genesis 18:2; Genesis 18:17, which many suppose to have been a manifestation of the Lord Jesus.
