56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.


In Context

53 Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

54 Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:

55 Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying.

56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

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

58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

John 8:56 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:56Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:56Abraham your father rejoiced that he might see my day: he saw it, and was glad.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:56Your father Abraham exulted in that he should see my day, and he saw and rejoiced.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day; and he saw it, and was glad.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw it, and was glad.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:56Abraham, your father, was glad that he might see my day; and he saw, and did rejoice.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.