John 8:51 - Truthfully I tell you that any man who is obedient to my words will never die.
John 8:52 - Then the Jews said to him, Now we know that you are evil and deceptive. Abraham and all the prophets are dead. But you claim that if a person does what you tell him to he will not ever die.
John 8:53 - Our father Abraham is dead as well as the prophets, could you possibly be even more great than father Abraham, who are you?
John 8:54 - Jesus answered, If I praise myself, the praise means nothing. My Father is the one who has praised me, and my father is the one that you call God:
John 8:55 - You haven’t known him, but I know him. And if I said I didn’t I’d be lying. But I know him and I do what he says.
John 8:56 - Your father Abraham was excited to see my day, he saw it, and he rejoiced.
John 8:57 - The Jews said to him, You are not even fifty years old. Have you seen Abraham?
John 8:58 - I tell you truth, Jesus told them, I was before Abraham was.
John 8:59 - They have grabbed rocks to throw at him: but Jesus went into hiding, and left the temple, traveling through the middle of the throng, and was able to pass through without detection.
