John 8:56

Conservative English Version

Your father Abraham was really glad to see me."

Cross References

Genesis 22:18

You have obeyed me, and so you and your descendants will be a blessing to all nations on earth."

Matthew 13:17

Many prophets and good people were eager to see what you see and to hear what you hear. But I tell you that they did not see or hear.

Luke 10:24

Many prophets and kings were eager to see what you see and to hear what you hear. But I tell you that they did not see or hear."

John 10:25

Jesus answered: I have told you, and you refused to believe me. The things I do by my Father's authority show who I am.

John 8:37

I know that you are from Abraham's family. Yet you want to kill me, because my message isn't really in your hearts.

John 8:39

The people said to Jesus, "Abraham is our father!" Jesus replied, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do what Abraham did.

Hebrews 11:13

Every one of those people died. But they still had faith, even though they had not received what they had been promised. They were glad just to see these things from far away, and they agreed that they were only strangers and foreigners on this earth.

Hebrews 11:39

All of them pleased God because of their faith! But still they died without being given what had been promised.