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


In Context

53 Are you greater than our father, Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?|

54 Jesus answered, |If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.

55 You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I don't know him,' I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word.

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

57 The Jews therefore said to him, |You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?|

58 Jesus said to them, |Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, 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 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 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.