Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do what Abraham did, 40 but now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God; this is not what ...

Jesus claims to have existed also before Abraham - something impossible for a mere human. Moreover the statement sounds grammatically awkward due to tense disagreement. It would sound better if He ...

Abraham may be respectful, but he’s also insistent and persistent. He doesn’t just demand — he cajoles and repeats. In the Gospel, Jesus gives the apostles the same lesson about prayer.

Jesus, accommodating his speech to the Jews, describes the condition of Lazarus after death by this figure (Luke 16:22-23). "Abraham's bosom" is also an expression of the Talmud for the state of ...

31 Jesus then said to the Jews who had believed in him, "If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free." 33 They answered ...