John 8:53
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Art thou greater than our father Abraham who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Whom dost thou make thyself?

Matthew 3:9
And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father. For I tell you that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.

John 4:12
Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank thereof, himself and his children and his cattle?

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Art thou greater than our father Abraham who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Whom dost thou make thyself?

thou greater.

John 8:58 Jesus said to them: Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham was made, I AM.

John 4:12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank thereof, himself and his children and his cattle?

John 10:29,30 That which my Father hath given me is greater than all: and no one can snatch them out of the hand of my Father. . . .

John 12:34 The multitude answered him: We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever. And how sayest thou: The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?

Isaiah 9:6 For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace.

Matthew 12:6,41,42 But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple. . . .

Romans 9:5 Whose are the fathers and of whom is Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all things, God blessed for ever. Amen.

Hebrews 3:2,3 Who is faithful to him that made him, as was also Moses in all his house. . . .

Hebrews 7:1-7 For this Melchisedech was king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him: . . .

whom.

John 5:18 Hereupon therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he did not only break the sabbath but also said God was his Father, making himself equal to God.

John 10:33 The Jews answered him: For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy: and because that thou. being a, man, makest thyself God.

John 19:7 The Jews answered him: We have a law; and according to the law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.

Context
Before Abraham was Born, I Am
52The Jews therefore said: Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets: and thou sayest: If any man keep my word, he shall not taste death for ever. 53Art thou greater than our father Abraham who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Whom dost thou make thyself? 54Jesus answered: If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifieth me, of whom you say that he is your God.…
Lexicon
Are
εἶ (ei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist.

You
σὺ (sy)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

greater than
μείζων (meizōn)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular - Comparative
Strong's Greek 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense.

our
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

father
πατρὸς (patros)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3962: Father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior. Apparently a primary word; a 'father'.

Abraham?
Ἀβραάμ (Abraam)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 11: Abraham, progenitor of the Hebrew race. Of Hebrew origin; Abraham, the Hebrew patriarch.

[He]
ὅστις (hostis)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3748: Whosoever, whichsoever, whatsoever.

died,
ἀπέθανεν (apethanen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 599: To be dying, be about to die, wither, decay. From apo and thnesko; to die off.

[as did]
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
οἱ (hoi)
Article - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

prophets.
προφῆται (prophētai)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 4396: From a compound of pro and phemi; a foreteller; by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet.

Who
τίνα (tina)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5101: Who, which, what, why. Probably emphatic of tis; an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what.

do You claim to be?”
ποιεῖς (poieis)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.


Additional Translations
Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, as did the prophets. Who do You claim to be?”

Are You greater than our father Abraham, who died? And the prophets died! Whom do You make yourself?"

Are you greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom make you yourself?

Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died: whom makest thou thyself?

Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who has died? and the prophets have died: whom makest thou thyself?

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

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

Are you really greater than our forefather Abraham? For he died. And the prophets died. Who do you make yourself out to be?"

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

Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died; whom dost thou make thyself?'
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