John 8:56

Plain English Version

Think about your father, Abraham. He knew I was going to come into the world, and after he saw it happen, he was really happy.”

Cross References

Genesis 22:18

And I will use your family to do good things for all the nations in the world. I will do all this because you listened to me, and you did what I told you to do.’ ”

John 10:25

Jesus said, “I have already told you who I am, but you don’t believe me. My father sent me to do powerful things. Those powerful things show who I am.

John 8:37

I know that you all reckon you belong to Abraham’s family. But you don’t like my message, so you want to kill me.

John 8:39

The Jewish leaders said to him, “Look, we belong to Abraham’s family. He is our grand-father that lived a long time ago.” Jesus said, “You reckon you are in Abraham’s family, but you are not. Everyone that is really in Abraham’s family does good things like Abraham did.