John 8:56 Cross References - Coverdale

⁵⁶ Abraham youre father was glad, that he shulde se my daye, And he sawe it, and reioysed.

¹⁸ and in thy sede shal all the nacions of the earth be blessed, because thou hast herkened vnto my voyce.

¹⁷ Verely I saye vnto you: Many prophetes & righteous men haue desyred to se ye thinges that ye se, and haue not sene the: and to heare the thinges that ye heare, and haue not herde the.

²⁸ then toke he him vp in his armes, and praysed God, and sayde: ²⁹ LORDE, now lettest thou thy seruaut departe in peace, acordinge to thy promesse. ³⁰ For myne eyes haue sene thy Sauioure,

²⁴ For I saye vnto you: Many prophetes and kynges, wolde haue sene the thynges that ye se, and haue not sene them: and to haue herde the thynges that ye heare, and haue not herde them.

³⁷ I knowe that ye are Abrahams sede, but ye seke to kyll me. For my worde taketh not amonge you.

³⁹ They answered, and sayde vnto him: Abraham is oure father. Iesus sayde vnto them: Yf ye were Abrahams children, ye wolde do the dedes of Abraham.

⁷ Thus ye knowe, that they which are of faith, are Abrahams children. ⁸ The scripture sawe afore hade, that God iustifieth the Heythen thorow faith. Therfore shewed it glad tydinges afore vnto Abraham, and sayde: In the shal all the Heythen be blessed. ⁹ So then they which be of faith, are blessed with faithfull Abraham.

¹³ All these dyed acordinge to faith, and receaued not the promyses, but sawe the afarre off, and beleued them, and saluted them: and cofessed, that they were straungers & pilgrems vpo earth.

³⁹ And these all thorow faith optayned good reporte, and receaued not ye promes:

¹⁰ Of which saluacion the prophetes haue enquyred and searched, which prophecied off the grace that shulde come vpon you: ¹¹ searchinge whan or at what tyme the sprete off Christ that was in them, shulde signifye, which (sprete) testified before the passions that shulde come vnto Christ, and the glory that shulde folowe after. ¹² Vnto the which (prophetes) it was declared, that not vnto them selues, but vnto vs they shulde mynister the thinges which are now shewed vnto you, by them which thorow ye holy goost sent downe from heauen, haue preached vnto you the thinges which the angels delyte to beholde.