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John 8:56

NETBible	Your father Abraham was overjoyed¹ to see my day, and he saw it and was glad.”²
NIV © biblegateway Joh 8:56	Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad."
NASB © biblegateway Joh 8:56	"Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad."
NLT © biblegateway Joh 8:56	Your ancestor Abraham rejoiced as he looked forward to my coming. He saw it and was glad."
MSG © biblegateway Joh 8:56	Abraham--your 'father'--with jubilant faith looked down the corridors of history and saw my day coming. He saw it and cheered."
BBE © SABDAweb Joh 8:56	Your father Abraham was full of joy at the hope of seeing my day: he saw it and was glad.
NRSV © bibleoremus Joh 8:56	Your ancestor Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day; he saw it and was glad."
NKJV © biblegateway Joh 8:56	"Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad."
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KJV	Your <5216> father <3962> Abraham <11> rejoiced <21> (5662) to <2443> see <1492> (5632) my <1699> day <2250>_: and <2532> he saw <1492> (5627) [it], and <2532> was glad <5463> (5644)_.
NASB © biblegateway Joh 8:56	"Your father <3962> Abraham <11> rejoiced <21> to see <3708> My day <2250> , and he saw <3708> it and was glad <5463> ."
NET [draft] ITL	Your <5216> father <3962> Abraham <11> was overjoyed <21> to <2443> see <1492> my <1699> day <2250> , and <2532> he saw <1492> it and <2532> was glad <5463> .”
GREEK	abraam <11> N-PRI o <3588> T-NSM pathr <3962> N-NSM umwn <5216> P-2GP hgalliasato <21> (5662) V-ADI-3S ina <2443> CONJ idh <1492> (5632) V-2AAS-3S thn <3588> T-ASF hmeran <2250> N-ASF thn <3588> T-ASF emhn <1699> S-1ASF kai <2532> CONJ eiden <1492> (5627) V-2AAI-3S kai <2532> CONJ ecarh <5463> (5644) V-2AOI-3S

NETBible

Your father Abraham was overjoyed¹ to see my day, and he saw it and was glad.”²

NET Notes

¹tn Or “rejoiced greatly.”

²tn What is the meaning of Jesus’ statement that the patriarch Abraham “saw” his day and rejoiced? The use of past tenses would seem to refer to something that occurred during the patriarch’s lifetime. Genesis Rabbah 44:25ff, (cf. 59:6) states that Rabbi Akiba, in a debate with Rabbi Johanan ben Zakkai, held that Abraham had been shown not this world only but the world to come (this would include the days of the Messiah). More realistically, it is likely that Gen 22:13-15 lies behind Jesus’ words. This passage, known to rabbis as the Akedah (“Binding”), tells of Abraham finding the ram which will replace his son Isaac on the altar of sacrifice – an occasion of certain rejoicing.