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


In Context

53 Are you greater than our father Abraham? He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?"

54 Jesus replied, "If I glorify myself, my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me.

55 Though you do not know him, I know him. If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and keep his word.

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

57 "You are not yet fifty years old," the Jews said to him, "and you have seen Abraham!"

58 "I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "before Abraham was born, I am!"

John 8:56 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:56Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and 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.