56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it and was glad."
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see my day. He saw it and was glad."
56 Abraham - your 'father' - with jubilant faith looked down the corridors of history and saw my day coming. He saw it and cheered."
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad."
56 Your father Abraham rejoiced as he looked forward to my coming. He saw it and was glad."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 8:56
Commentary on John 8:54-59
(Read John 8:54-59)
Christ and all that are his, depend upon God for honour. Men may be able to dispute about God, yet may not know him. Such as know not God, and obey not the gospel of Christ, are put together, Revelation 13:8. The Lord Jesus was made of God Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification, and Redemption, to Adam, and Abel, and all that lived and died by faith in him, before Abraham. The Jews were about to stone Jesus for blasphemy, but he withdrew; by his miraculous power he passed through them unhurt. Let us stedfastly profess what we know and believe concerning God; and if heirs of Abraham's faith, we shall rejoice in looking forward to that day when the Saviour shall appear in glory, to the confusion of his enemies, and to complete the salvation of all who believe in him.