John 8:57 BSB — MannaFest

John 8:57

Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?”

BSB

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ASV

The Jews therefore said unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

KJV

Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Fifty years old - Jesus is supposed to have been at this time about the age of 33. It is remarkable that when he was so young they should have mentioned the number 50, but they probably designed to prevent the possibility of a reply. Had they said 40 they might have apprehended a reply, or could not be so certain that they were correct. Hast thou seen Abraham? - It is remarkable, also, that they perverted his words. His affirmation was not that he had seen Abraham, but that Abraham had seen his day.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old--"No inference can be drawn from this as to the age of our Lord at the time as man. Fifty years was with the Jews the completion of manhood" [ALFORD]. and hast thou seen Abraham?--He had said Abraham saw Him, as being his peculiar privilege.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἶπον	eipon	Said	G2036 →
οὖν	oun	therefore	G3767 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
Ἰουδαῖοι	Ioudaioi	Jews	G2453 →
πρὸς	pros	to	G4314 →
αὐτόν·	auton	Him;	G846 →
πεντήκοντα	pentēkonta	Fifty	G4004 →
ἔτη	etē	years [old]	G2094 →
οὔπω	oupō	not yet	G3768 →
ἔχεις,	echeis	are You,	G2192 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
Ἀβραὰμ	Abraam	Abraham	G11 →
ἑώρακας;¶	he'ōrakas	You have seen?	G3708 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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