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John 8 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)

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  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew
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Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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1◆ Ο δε Ιησούς υπήγεν εις το όρος των Ελαιών.
1 but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives.
2◆ Και την αυγήν ήλθε πάλιν εις το ιερόν, και πας ο λαός ήρχετο προς αυτόν· και καθήσας εδίδασκεν αυτούς.
2 Now very early in the morning, he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him. He sat down and taught them.
3◆ Φέρουσι δε προς αυτόν οι γραμματείς και οι Φαρισαίοι γυναίκα συλληφθείσαν επί μοιχεία, και στήσαντες αυτήν εν τω μέσω,
3 The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the middle,
4◆ λέγουσι προς αυτόν· Διδάσκαλε, αύτη η γυνή συνελήφθη επ' αυτοφώρω μοιχευομένη.
4 they told him, “Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.
5◆ Εν δε τω νόμω ο Μωϋσής προσέταξεν ημάς να λιθοβολώνται αι τοιαύται· συ λοιπόν τι λέγεις;
5 Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such women. What then do you say about her?”
6◆ Έλεγον δε τούτο δοκιμάζοντες αυτόν, διά να έχωσι ίνα κατηγορώσιν αυτόν. Ο δε Ιησούς κύψας κάτω, έγραφε διά του δακτύλου εις την γην.
6 They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
7◆ Και επειδή επέμενον ερωτώντες αυτόν, ανακύψας είπε προς αυτούς· Όστις από σας είναι αναμάρτητος, πρώτος ας ρίψη τον λίθον επ' αυτήν.
7 But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her.”
8◆ Και πάλιν κύψας κάτω έγραφεν εις την γην.
8 Again he stooped down and wrote on the ground with his finger.
9◆ Εκείνοι δε ακούσαντες, και υπό της συνειδήσεως ελεγχόμενοι, εξήρχοντο εις έκαστος, αρχίσαντες από των πρεσβυτέρων έως των εσχάτων· και έμεινε μόνος ο Ιησούς και η γυνή ισταμένη εν τω μέσω.
9 They, when they heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning from the oldest, even to the last. Jesus was left alone with the woman where she was, in the middle.
10◆ Ανακύψας δε ο Ιησούς, είπε προς αυτήν· Γύναι, που είναι εκείνοι οι κατήγοροί σου; δεν σε κατεδίκασεν ουδείς;
10 Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, “Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?”
11◆ Και εκείνη είπεν· Ουδείς, Κύριε. Και ο Ιησούς είπε προς αυτήν· Ουδέ εγώ σε καταδικάζω· ύπαγε, και εις το εξής μη αμάρτανε.
11 She said, “No one, Lord.” Jesus said, “Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more.”
12 Πάλιν λοιπόν ο Ιησούς ελάλησε προς αυτούς λέγων· Εγώ είμαι το φως του κόσμου· όστις ακολουθεί εμέ δεν θέλει περιπατήσει εις το σκότος, αλλά θέλει έχει το φως της ζωής.
12 Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
13 Είπον λοιπόν προς αυτόν οι Φαρισαίοι· Συ περί σεαυτού μαρτυρείς· η μαρτυρία σου δεν είναι αληθής.
13 The Pharisees therefore said to him, “You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid.”
14 Απεκρίθη ο Ιησούς και είπε προς αυτούς· Και αν εγώ μαρτυρώ περί εμαυτού, η μαρτυρία μου είναι αληθής, διότι εξεύρω πόθεν ήλθον και που υπάγω· σεις όμως δεν εξεύρετε πόθεν έρχομαι και που υπάγω.
14 Jesus answered them, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don’t know where I came from, or where I am going.
15 Σεις κατά την σάρκα κρίνετε· εγώ δεν κρίνω ουδένα.
15 You judge according to the flesh. I judge no one.
16 Αλλά και εάν εγώ κρίνω, η κρίσις η εμή είναι αληθής, διότι μόνος δεν είμαι, αλλ' εγώ και ο Πατήρ ο πέμψας με.
16 Even if I do judge, my judgment is true, for I am not alone, but I am with the Father who sent me.
17 Και εν τω νόμω δε υμών είναι γεγραμμένον ότι δύο ανθρώπων η μαρτυρία είναι αληθινή.
17 It’s also written in your law that the testimony of two people is valid.
18 Εγώ είμαι ο μαρτυρών περί εμαυτού, και ο πέμψας με Πατήρ μαρτυρεί περί εμού.
18 I am one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me testifies about me.”
19 Έλεγον λοιπόν προς αυτόν· Που είναι ο Πατήρ σου; Απεκρίθη ο Ιησούς· Ούτε εμέ εξεύρετε ούτε τον Πατέρα μου· εάν ηξεύρετε εμέ, ηθέλετε εξεύρει και τον Πατέρα μου.
19 They said therefore to him, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”
20 Τούτους τους λόγους ελάλησεν ο Ιησούς εν τω θησαυροφυλακίω, διδάσκων εν τω ιερώ, και ουδείς επίασεν αυτόν, διότι δεν είχεν ελθεί έτι η ώρα αυτού.
20 Jesus spoke these words in the treasury, as he taught in the temple. Yet no one arrested him, because his hour had not yet come.
21 Είπε λοιπόν πάλιν προς αυτούς ο Ιησούς· Εγώ υπάγω και θέλετε με ζητήσει, και θέλετε αποθάνει εν τη αμαρτία υμών· όπου εγώ υπάγω, σεις δεν δύνασθε να έλθητε.
21 Jesus said therefore again to them, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can’t come.”
22 Έλεγον λοιπόν οι Ιουδαίοι· Μήπως θέλει θανατώσει εαυτόν, και διά τούτο λέγει, Όπου εγώ υπάγω, σεις δεν δύνασθε να έλθητε;
22 The Jews therefore said, “Will he kill himself, because he says, ‘Where I am going, you can’t come’?”
23 Και είπε προς αυτούς· Σεις είσθε εκ των κάτω, εγώ είμαι εκ των άνω· σεις είσθε εκ του κόσμου τούτου, εγώ δεν είμαι εκ του κόσμου τούτου.
23 He said to them, “You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.
24 Σας είπον λοιπόν ότι θέλετε αποθάνει εν ταις αμαρτίαις υμών· διότι εάν δεν πιστεύσητε ότι εγώ είμαι, θέλετε αποθάνει εν ταις αμαρτίαις υμών.
24 I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.”
25 Έλεγον λοιπόν προς αυτόν· Συ τις είσαι; και είπε προς αυτούς ο Ιησούς· ό,τι σας λέγω απ' αρχής.
25 They said therefore to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.
26 Πολλά έχω να λέγω και να κρίνω περί υμών· αλλ' ο πέμψας με είναι αληθής, και εγώ όσα ήκουσα παρ' αυτού, ταύτα λέγω εις τον κόσμον.
26 I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you. However, he who sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these I say to the world.”
27 δεν ενόησαν ότι έλεγε προς αυτούς περί του Πατρός.
27 They didn’t understand that he spoke to them about the Father.
28 Είπε λοιπόν προς αυτούς ο Ιησούς· Όταν υψώσητε τον Υιόν του άνθρώπου, τότε θέλετε γνωρίσει ότι εγώ είμαι, και απ' εμαυτού δεν κάμνω ουδέν, αλλά καθώς με εδίδαξεν ο Πατήρ μου, ταύτα λαλώ.
28 Jesus therefore said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.
29 Και ο πέμψας με είναι μετ' εμού· δεν με αφήκεν ο Πατήρ μόνον, διότι εγώ κάμνω πάντοτε τα αρεστά εις αυτόν.
29 He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn’t left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.”
30 Ενώ ελάλει ταύτα, πολλοί επίστευσαν εις αυτόν.
30 As he spoke these things, many believed in him.
31 Έλεγε λοιπόν ο Ιησούς προς τους Ιουδαίους τους πιστεύσαντας εις αυτόν· Εάν σεις μείνητε εν τω λόγω τω εμώ, είσθε αληθώς μαθηταί μου,
31 Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.
32 και θέλετε γνωρίσει την αλήθειαν, και η αλήθεια θέλει σας ελευθερώσει.
32 You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
33 Απεκρίθησαν προς αυτόν· Σπέρμα του Αβραάμ είμεθα, και δεν εγείναμεν δούλοι εις ουδένα πώποτε· πως συ λέγεις ότι θέλετε γείνει ελεύθεροι;
33 They answered him, “We are Abraham’s offspring, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, ‘You will be made free’?”
34 Απεκρίθη προς αυτούς ο Ιησούς· Αληθώς, αληθώς σας λέγω ότι πας όστις πράττει την αμαρτίαν δούλος είναι της αμαρτίας.
34 Jesus answered them, “Most certainly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.
35 Ο δε δούλος δεν μένει πάντοτε εν τη οικία· ο υιός μένει πάντοτε.
35 A bondservant doesn’t live in the house forever. A son remains forever.
36 Εάν λοιπόν ο Υιός σας ελευθερώση, όντως ελεύθεροι θέλετε είσθαι.
36 If therefore the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed.
37 Εξεύρω ότι είσθε σπέρμα του Αβραάμ· αλλά ζητείτε να με θανατώσητε, διότι ο λόγος ο εμός δεν χωρεί εις εσάς.
37 I know that you are Abraham’s offspring, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.
38 Εγώ λαλώ ό,τι είδον πλησίον του Πατρός μου· και σεις ομοίως κάμνετε ό,τι είδετε πλησίον του πατρός σας.
38 I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have seen with your father.”
39 Απεκρίθησαν και είπον προς αυτόν· Ο πατήρ ημών είναι ο Αβραάμ. Λέγει προς αυτούς ο Ιησούς· Εάν ήσθε τέκνα του Αβραάμ, τα έργα του Αβραάμ ηθέλετε κάμνει.
39 They answered him, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.
40 Τώρα δε ζητείτε να με θανατώσητε, άνθρωπον όστις σας ελάλησα την αλήθειαν, την οποίαν ήκουσα παρά του Θεού· τούτο ο Αβραάμ δεν έκαμε.
40 But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham didn’t do this.
41 Σεις κάμνετε τα έργα του πατρός σας. Είπον λοιπόν προς αυτόν· Ημείς δεν εγεννήθημεν εκ πορνείας· ένα Πατέρα έχομεν, τον Θεόν.
41 You do the works of your father.” They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God.”
42 Είπε λοιπόν προς αυτούς ο Ιησούς· Εάν ο Θεός ήτο Πατήρ σας, ηθέλετε αγαπά εμέ· διότι εγώ εκ του Θεού εξήλθον και έρχομαι· επειδή δεν ήλθον απ' εμαυτού, αλλ' εκείνος με απέστειλε.
42 Therefore Jesus said to them, “If God were your father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven’t come of myself, but he sent me.
43 Διά τι δεν γνωρίζετε την λαλιάν μου; διότι δεν δύνασθε να ακούητε τον λόγον μου.
43 Why don’t you understand my speech? Because you can’t hear my word.
44 Σεις είσθε εκ πατρός του διαβόλου και τας επιθυμίας του πατρός σας θέλετε να πράττητε. Εκείνος ήτο απ' αρχής ανθρωποκτόνος και δεν μένει εν τη αληθεία, διότι αλήθεια δεν υπάρχει εν αυτώ· όταν λαλή το ψεύδος, εκ των ιδίων λαλεί, διότι είναι ψεύστης και ο πατήρ αυτού του ψεύδους.
44 You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.
45 Εγώ δε διότι λέγω την αλήθειαν, δεν με πιστεύετε.
45 But because I tell the truth, you don’t believe me.
46 Τις από σας με ελέγχει περί αμαρτίας; εάν δε αλήθειαν λέγω, διά τι σεις δεν με πιστεύετε;
46 Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
47 Όστις είναι εκ του Θεού, τους λόγους του Θεού ακούει· διά τούτο σεις δεν ακούετε, διότι εκ του Θεού δεν είσθε.
47 He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don’t hear, because you are not of God.”
48 Απεκρίθησαν λοιπόν οι Ιουδαίοι και είπον προς αυτόν· Δεν λέγομεν ημείς καλώς ότι Σαμαρείτης είσαι συ και δαιμόνιον έχεις;
48 Then the Jews answered him, “Don’t we say well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?”
49 Απεκρίθη ο Ιησούς· Εγώ δαιμόνιον δεν έχω, αλλά τιμώ τον Πατέρα μου, και σεις με ατιμάζετε.
49 Jesus answered, “I don’t have a demon, but I honor my Father and you dishonor me.
50 Και εγώ δεν ζητώ την δόξαν μου· υπάρχει ο ζητών και κρίνων.
50 But I don’t seek my own glory. There is one who seeks and judges.
51 Αληθώς, αληθώς σας λέγω· Εάν τις φυλάξη τον λόγον μου, θάνατον δεν θέλει ιδεί εις τον αιώνα.
51 Most certainly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death.”
52 Είπον λοιπόν προς αυτόν οι Ιουδαίοι· Τώρα κατελάβομεν ότι δαιμόνιον έχεις. Ο Αβραάμ απέθανε και οι προφήται, και συ λέγεις· Εάν τις φυλάξη τον λόγον μου, δεν θέλει γευθή θάνατον εις τον αιώνα.
52 Then the Jews said to him, “Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, as did the prophets; and you say, ‘If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.’
53 Μήπως συ είσαι μεγαλήτερος του πατρός ημών Αβραάμ, όστις απέθανε; και οι προφήται απέθανον· συ τίνα κάμνεις σεαυτόν;
53 Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?”
54 Απεκρίθη ο Ιησούς· Εάν εγώ δοξάζω εμαυτόν, η δόξα μου είναι ουδέν· ο Πατήρ μου είναι όστις με δοξάζει, τον οποίον σεις λέγετε ότι είναι Θεός σας.
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 Και δεν εγνωρίσατε αυτόν εγώ όμως γνωρίζω αυτόν· και εάν είπω ότι δεν γνωρίζω αυτόν, θέλω είσθαι όμοιός σας ψεύστης· αλλά γνωρίζω αυτόν και τον λόγον αυτού φυλάττω.
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 Ο Αβραάμ ο πατήρ σας είχεν αγαλλίασιν να ίδη την ημέραν την εμήν και είδε και εχάρη.
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day. He saw it and was glad.”
57 Είπον λοιπόν οι Ιουδαίοι προς αυτόν· Πεντήκοντα έτη δεν έχεις έτι, και είδες τον Αβραάμ;
57 The Jews therefore said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old! Have you seen Abraham?”
58 Είπε προς αυτούς ο Ιησούς· Αληθώς, αληθώς σας λέγω· Πριν γείνη ο Αβραάμ, εγώ είμαι.
58 Jesus said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM.”
59 Εσήκωσαν λοιπόν λίθους διά να ρίψωσι κατ' αυτού· πλην ο Ιησούς εκρύβη και εξήλθεν εκ του ιερού περάσας διά μέσον αυτών, και ούτως ανεχώρησε.
59 Therefore they took up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple, having gone through the middle of them, and so passed by.
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  1. 1 Matthew 21:1; Mark 11:1; Luke 19:37
  2. 2 Matthew 26:55; Luke 21:37; Luke 4:20; Matthew 5:1–2; Luke 5:3
  3. 5 Leviticus 20:10; Deuteronomy 22:21–24; Ezekiel 16:38–40; Matthew 5:17; Matthew 19:6–8
  4. 6 Jeremiah 17:13; Luke 10:25; Psalm 38:12–14; Ecclesiastes 3:7; Amos 5:10
  5. 7 Matthew 7:1–5; Romans 2:21–25; Romans 2:1–3; Matthew 23:25–28; Deuteronomy 17:6–7
  6. 9 Ecclesiastes 7:22; Romans 2:15; 1 John 3:20; Genesis 42:21–22; Romans 2:22
  7. 10 Isaiah 41:11–12
  8. 11 John 3:17; John 5:14; Isaiah 1:16–18; John 8:15; Luke 15:7
  9. 12 John 12:46; John 9:5; John 12:35; Matthew 5:14; Job 33:28
  10. 13 John 5:31–47
  11. 14 John 16:28; John 13:3; John 8:42; John 14:10; Numbers 12:3
  12. 15 1 Samuel 16:7; John 12:47; John 3:17; John 7:24; Romans 2:1
  13. 16 John 8:29; Acts 17:31; Isaiah 32:1–2; 1 Samuel 16:7; John 16:32
  14. 17 Deuteronomy 19:15; Deuteronomy 17:6; Hebrews 10:28; Matthew 18:16; Galatians 3:24
  15. 18 John 8:58; Revelation 1:17–18; John 8:38; John 8:12; John 8:51
  16. 19 John 8:54–55; John 16:3; John 14:6–9; 2 Corinthians 4:4–6; Matthew 11:25
  17. 20 John 7:30; John 7:8; Mark 12:41; Mark 12:43; John 7:44
  18. 21 John 7:34; John 8:24; 1 Corinthians 15:17–18; John 13:33; Ezekiel 3:18–19
  19. 22 Psalm 22:6; John 8:52; John 8:48; Psalm 31:18; Hebrews 12:3
  20. 23 John 3:31; 1 John 2:15–16; John 17:14; John 17:16; 1 John 4:5–6
  21. 24 John 3:36; Mark 16:16; John 3:18; Hebrews 10:26–29; Hebrews 12:25
  22. 25 John 5:17–29; John 8:12; John 1:22; Luke 22:67; John 19:9
  23. 26 John 15:15; John 12:47–50; John 8:40; John 7:28; John 17:8
  24. 27 Isaiah 6:9; Isaiah 59:10; Romans 11:7–10; John 8:43; John 8:47
  25. 28 John 5:19; John 5:30; John 6:38; John 12:49–50; John 3:14
  26. 29 John 6:38; John 16:32; John 15:10; John 5:30; John 4:34
  27. 30 John 7:31; John 2:23; John 6:14; John 11:45; John 10:42
  28. 31 2 John 9; John 15:4–9; 2 Timothy 3:14; 1 Timothy 4:16; James 1:25
  29. 32 Romans 8:2; John 8:36; John 17:17; 1 Peter 2:16; John 14:6
  30. 33 Matthew 3:9; John 8:39; Nehemiah 5:4–8; Nehemiah 9:27–28; John 8:37
  31. 34 Romans 6:16; 2 Peter 2:19; Proverbs 5:22; 1 John 3:8–10; Romans 6:12
  32. 35 Galatians 4:4–7; Luke 15:31; Genesis 21:10; Romans 8:15–17; Galatians 4:30–31
  33. 36 2 Corinthians 3:17; Galatians 5:1; Romans 8:2; John 8:31–32; Luke 4:18
  34. 37 1 Corinthians 2:14; John 8:45–47; Romans 9:7; John 7:1; John 8:59
  35. 38 John 5:19; John 8:44; John 5:30; John 8:41; John 12:49–50
  36. 39 Galatians 3:7; Romans 9:7; John 8:37; Romans 2:28–29; Matthew 5:45
  37. 40 John 8:26; Galatians 4:29; Galatians 4:16; Revelation 12:12–13; Psalm 37:32
  38. 41 Isaiah 64:8; Isaiah 63:16; John 8:38; John 8:44; Malachi 2:11
  39. 42 John 12:49; John 14:10; John 17:8; John 17:25; John 15:23–24
  40. 43 Romans 8:7–8; John 12:39–40; John 7:17; John 5:43; Proverbs 28:5
  41. 44 Acts 13:10; 1 John 3:12; 1 John 3:8–10; 2 Corinthians 11:3; Revelation 12:9
  42. 45 2 Timothy 4:3–4; John 7:7; John 18:37; 2 Thessalonians 2:10; John 3:19–20
  43. 46 Hebrews 4:15; John 16:8; Matthew 21:25; 1 Peter 2:22; John 8:7
  44. 47 John 10:26–27; 2 John 9; John 18:37; John 6:45–46; 1 John 3:10
  45. 48 John 7:20; John 8:52; James 2:19; Matthew 10:25; John 10:20
  46. 49 1 Peter 2:23; Philippians 2:6–11; John 11:4; John 8:29; John 13:31–32
  47. 50 John 5:41; John 8:54; John 7:18; John 5:20–23; John 12:47–48
  48. 51 John 11:25–26; John 5:24; John 3:15–16; John 6:50; John 15:20
  49. 52 Hebrews 2:9; John 8:51; John 8:48; John 9:24; Zechariah 1:5–6
  50. 53 John 4:12; Hebrews 7:1–7; Romans 9:5; Isaiah 9:6; John 10:33
  51. 54 Proverbs 25:27; John 8:50; 2 Peter 1:17; Psalm 110:1–4; 2 Corinthians 10:18
  52. 55 John 8:19; John 7:28–29; John 8:44; Matthew 11:27; Revelation 3:9
  53. 56 Hebrews 11:13; Genesis 22:18; Galatians 3:7–9; Matthew 13:17; John 8:39
  54. 58 Exodus 3:14; Colossians 1:17; John 17:5; John 1:1–2; Isaiah 44:6
  55. 59 John 11:8; John 10:39–40; John 10:30–33; Leviticus 24:16; Luke 4:29–30

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  1. Commentary 8:31 Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on Selected Lessons of the New Testament (Sermon LXXXIV)

    Ye know well, Beloved, that we all have One Master, and are fellow disciples under Him. Nor are we your masters, because we speak to you from this higher spot; but He is the Master of all, who dwelleth in us all.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)

  2. Commentary 8:12 Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John (Chapter VIII — 12)

    What we have just heard and attentively received, as the holy Gospel was being read, I doubt not that all of us have also endeavored to understand, and that each of us according to his measure apprehended what he could of so great a matter as that which has been read; and while the bread of the word is laid …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)

  3. Commentary 8:20 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of John (Homily LIII)

    Oh the folly of the Jews! seeking Him as they did before the Passover, and then having found Him in the midst of them, and having often attempted to take Him by their own or by others' hands without being able; they were not even so awed by His power, but set themselves to their wickedness, and desisted not.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)

  4. Quotes verse 8:56 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book II, Chapter XXI)

    For when the Lord said to them, "Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day; and he saw it, and was glad," they answered Him, "Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast Thou seen Abraham?" Now, such language is fittingly applied to one who has already passed the age of forty, without having as yet reached his fiftieth …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)

  5. Quotes verse 8:25 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book XI, Chapters IV–IX)

    The same is Thy Word, which is also "the Beginning," because also It speaketh unto us. Thus, in the gospel He speaketh through the flesh; and this sounded outwardly in the ears of men, that it might be believed and sought inwardly, and that it might be found in the eternal Truth, where the good and only Master teacheth all …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)