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John 8:53

Art thou greater than our father Abraham? (Mh su meizwn ei tou patrov hmwn Abraam). Negative answer expected by mh with ablative case of comparison in patrov after meizwn. The question was designed to put Jesus in a difficult position, for Abraham and the prophets all "died." They do not see that Jesus uses death in a different sense.

Whom makest thou thyself? (tina seauton poieis). Seauton is predicate accusative with poieiv. They suspect that Jesus is guilty of blasphemy as they charged in John 5:18 in making himself equal with God. Later they will make it specifically (John 10:33; John 19:7). They set a trap for Jesus for this purpose.

 

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