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UYohane 8:53
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
thou greater: John 8:58, John 4:12, John 10:29, John 10:30, John 12:34, Isaiah 9:6, Matthew 12:6, Matthew 12:41, Matthew 12:42, Romans 9:5, Hebrews 3:2, Hebrews 3:3, Hebrews 7:1-7
whom: John 5:18, John 10:33, John 19:7
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 29:26 - and maketh Malachi 2:10 - all Matthew 3:9 - We Luke 16:24 - Father John 10:24 - If John 11:26 - whosoever Romans 4:1 - Abraham James 2:21 - Abraham
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Art thou greater than our father Abraham?.... So the woman of Samaria said, concerning Jacob, John 4:12. The Jews had a mighty opinion of their ancestors, especially of Abraham; and yet they allow the Messiah to be greater than he, as Jesus truly was: so one of their ancient commentators w on those words of Isaiah 52:13 thus paraphrases them,
""Behold my servant shall deal prudently", this is the King Messiah; "he shall be exalted" above Abraham, as it is written, Genesis 14:22, "and extolled" above Moses, as it is written, Numbers 11:12, and he shall be higher than the ministering angels, as it is written, Ezekiel 1:26, for he shall be גדול מן אבות, "greater than the fathers".''
They add here, of Abraham,
which is dead; he was a great and good man, and yet dead:
and the prophets are dead; though they truly kept, and faithfully delivered the word of God:
whom makest thou thyself? who art a poor carpenter's son, a Galilean, a Nazarene, and yet makest thyself greater than Abraham, or any of the prophets; yea, makest thyself to be God, to promise security from death, and an everlasting continuance of life upon keeping thy word.
w Tachuma apud Huls. p. 321.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Whom makest thou thyself? - Or, who dost thou pretend to be? Although the greatest of the prophets have died, yet thou a Nazarene, a Samaritan, and a devil pretendest that thou canst keep thy followers from dying! It would have been scarcely possible to ask a question implying more contempt and scorn.
