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John 8:52

Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.

KJV

εἶπαν αὐτῷ οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι· νῦν ἐγνώκαμεν ὅτι δαιμόνιον ἔχεις. Ἀβραὰμ ἀπέθανεν καὶ οἱ προφῆται, καὶ σὺ λέγεις· ἐάν τις τὸν λόγον μου τηρήσῃ, οὐ μὴ γεύσηται θανάτου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα·

Greek NT

Dixerunt ergo Judæi : Nunc cognovimus quia dæmonium habes. Abraham mortuus est, et prophetæ ; et tu dicis : Si quis sermonem meum servaverit, non gustabit mortem in æternum.

Vulgate

The Jews said unto him, Now we know that thou hast a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my word, he shall never taste of death.

ASV

The 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.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

25 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αἰών
aion
noun · 124×
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γεύομαι
geuomai
verb · 15×
γινώσκω
ginosko
verb · 222×
δαιμόνιον
daimonion
noun · 63×
εἰς
eis
preposition · 1769×
θάνατος
thanatos
noun · 120×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
νῦν
nun
adverb · 147×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
προφήτης
prophetes
noun · 145×
σύ
su
pronoun · 1071×
τηρέω
tereo
verb · 71×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀποθνήσκω
apothnesko
verb · 112×
Ἀβραάμ
abraam
noun · 73×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
Ἰουδαῖος
ioudaios
adjective · 193×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: εἶπον | WH/Treg: εἶπον | NIV/RP: + οὖν
  • εἶπονSBLGNT
  • εἶπονWestcott-Hort, Tregelles
  • + οὖνReader's GNT (NA27), Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

1. Beloved, we need great diligence in all things, for we shall render account of and undergo a strict enquiry both of words and works. Our interests stop not with what now is, but a certain other condition of life shall receive us after this, and we shall be brought before a fearful tribunal. For we must appear before the Judgment-seat of Christ, that every one may receive the…
1. When we converse of spiritual things, let there be nothing secular in our souls, nothing earthy, let all such thoughts retire, and be banished, and let us be entirely given up to the hearing the divine oracles only. For if at the arrival of a king all confusion is driven away, much more when the Spirit speaks with us do we need great stillness, great awe. And worthy of awe i…

Cross-references

  • Heb 2:9 — But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
  • Heb 2:9 — But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.
  • Heb 12:3 — For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
  • John 7:20 — The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee?
  • John 8:22 — Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come.
  • John 8:48 — Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
  • John 8:48 — Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
  • John 9:24 — Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.
  • John 10:20 — And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?
  • Luke 11:15 — But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils.
  • Mark 3:22 — And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils.
  • Matt 10:25 — It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?
  • Matt 16:28 — Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
  • Prov 23:9 — Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.