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John 8:57

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8:57Then the Judeans154 replied,155 “You are not yet fifty years old!156 Have157 you seen Abraham?”

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Footnotes

  1. 154 Grk “Then the Jews.” See the note on this term in v. . Here, as in vv. 31, 48, and 52, the phrase refers to the Jewish people in Jerusalem (“Judeans”; cf. Ἰουδαῖος 2.e) who had been listening to Jesus’ teaching in the temple courts (8:20) and had initially believed his claim to be the Messiah (cf. 8:31). They have now become completely hostile, as John 8:59 clearly shows.
  2. 155 Grk “said to him.”
  3. 156 Grk ‘You do not yet have fifty years” (an idiom).
  4. 157 Grk “And have.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“You are not yet fifty years old,” they said to him, “and you have seen Abraham!”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Jews replied, “You aren’t fifty years old yet, and you’ve seen Abraham?”

NLTNew Living Translation

The people said, “You aren’t even fifty years old. How can you say you have seen Abraham?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”

KJV 1900King James Version

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