John 8:57
New International Version
“You are not yet fifty years old,” they said to him, “and you have seen Abraham!”

New Living Translation
The people said, “You aren’t even fifty years old. How can you say you have seen Abraham?”

English Standard Version
So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”

Berean Standard Bible
Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?”

Berean Literal Bible
Therefore the Jews said to Him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?"

King James Bible
Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

New King James Version
Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?”

New American Standard Bible
So the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?”

NASB 1995
So the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?”

NASB 1977
The Jews therefore said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?”

Legacy Standard Bible
So the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?”

Amplified Bible
Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not even fifty years old, and You [claim to] have seen Abraham?”

Christian Standard Bible
The Jews replied, “You aren’t fifty years old yet, and you’ve seen Abraham? ”

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Jews replied, “You aren’t 50 years old yet, and You’ve seen Abraham?”

American Standard Version
The Jews therefore said unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The Jews were saying to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and you have seen Abraham?”

Contemporary English Version
"You are not even 50 years old!" they said. "How could you have seen Abraham?"

Douay-Rheims Bible
The Jews therefore said to him: Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

English Revised Version
The Jews therefore said unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The Jews said to Jesus, "You're not even fifty years old. How could you have seen Abraham?"

Good News Translation
They said to him, "You are not even fifty years old--and you have seen Abraham?"

International Standard Version
Then the Jewish leaders asked him, "You are not even 50 years old, yet you have seen Abraham?"

Literal Standard Version
The Jews, therefore, said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?”

Majority Standard Bible
Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?”

New American Bible
So the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old and you have seen Abraham?”

NET Bible
Then the Judeans replied, "You are not yet fifty years old! Have you seen Abraham?"

New Revised Standard Version
Then the Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?”

New Heart English Bible
The Judeans therefore said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?"

Webster's Bible Translation
Then said the Jews to him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?

Weymouth New Testament
"You are not yet fifty years old," cried the Jews, "and have you seen Abraham?"

World English Bible
The Jews therefore said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old! Have you seen Abraham?”

Young's Literal Translation
The Jews, therefore, said unto him, 'Thou art not yet fifty years old, and Abraham hast thou seen?'

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Before Abraham was Born, I Am
56Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see My day. He saw it and was glad.” 57Then the Jews said to Him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and You have seen Abraham?” 58“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”…

Cross References
John 1:19
And this was John's testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?"

John 8:58
"Truly, truly, I tell you," Jesus declared, "before Abraham was born, I am!"


Treasury of Scripture

Then said the Jews to him, You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?

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John 8
1. Jesus delivers the woman taken in adultery.
12. He declares himself the light of the world, and justifies his doctrine;
31. promises freedom to those who believe;
33. answers the Jews who boasted of Abraham;
48. answers their reviling, by showing his authority and dignity;
59. and slips away from those who would stone him.














(57) Thou art not yet fifty years old.--There is no reason to doubt that we have the correct reading here, though some, from Chrysostom downward, have sought to avoid what seemed to them a difficulty, by substituting "forty" for "fifty." Others, and among them were the "Elders who in Asia conferred with John, the Lord's disciple," have held that our Lord was between forty and fifty years of age at the time of his public ministry. We know this from the testimony of Irenaeus, who appears to have this very passage in his mind, for he says, "As the gospel and all the Elders witness" (Lib. 2 chap. 22 ? 5; Oxford Translation, p. 160). But "fifty years" was the period of full manhood (Numbers 4:3; Numbers 4:39; Numbers 8:24). This is expressed in round numbers, and there is no care to be more exact in comparison with the two thousand years which had passed since the close of Abraham's earthly life. The thought is, "Thou art still a young man, and hast thou seen Abraham who died twenty centuries ago?"

Verse 57. - The Jews, therefore, said unto him - once more misinterpreting his words, and giving a materialistic tone to his Divine hint - Thou hast not yet fifty years - "Thou art not fifty years old" - and hast thou seen Abraham? Christ did not say that be had seen Abraham, but that Abraham had seen and rejoiced in his day. The Jews chose to regard the language of Jesus as adding another immense improbability, if not falsehood, to his previous claims, viz. that he had actually lived to twice the age of Methuselah already. The "fifty years old" may have been simply used in round numbers for the age of man's prime and completed life (Numbers 4:3, 39; Numbers 8:24). There may have been, even if our Lord was only thirty-three years of age at the time of his Passion, that which apparently added to his years. A tradition is mentioned (Irenaeus, 100, 2, 22. 5) of the more advanced age of Jesus which the Ephesian presbyters preserved, and which Irenaeus regards as between the forty-fifth and fiftieth years. Ernest de Bunsen vainly finds a reference to Christ's age (John 2:20) in the forty-six years of the temple; but it is strange that, with the exception of the statement in Luke 3:23, there is nothing in the extraneous chronological data, e.g. the death of Herod and recall of Pontius Pilate, which need positively compress our Lord's life within fifty years (Westcott). And Keim has made the suggestion that our Lord did carry on his ministry for a much longer period than is commonly supposed. It is far more probable, however, that the Jews were using an expression for the term of a completed life, and were supplying no chronological data whatever.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
Then
οὖν (oun)
Conjunction
Strong's 3767: Therefore, then. Apparently a primary word; certainly, or accordingly.

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

Jews
Ἰουδαῖοι (Ioudaioi)
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's 2453: Jewish. From Iouda; Judaean, i.e. Belonging to Jehudah.

said
Εἶπον (Eipon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's 2036: Answer, bid, bring word, command. A primary verb; to speak or say.

to
πρὸς (pros)
Preposition
Strong's 4314: To, towards, with. A strengthened form of pro; a preposition of direction; forward to, i.e. Toward.

Him,
αὐτόν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

“You are
ἔχεις (echeis)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

not yet
οὔπω (oupō)
Adverb
Strong's 3768: Not yet. From ou and po; not yet.

fifty
Πεντήκοντα (Pentēkonta)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 4004: Fifty. Multiplicative of pente; fifty.

years [old],
ἔτη (etē)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 2094: A year. Apparently a primary word; a year.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

You have seen
ἑώρακας (heōrakas)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular
Strong's 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

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


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