{Art thou greater than our father Abraham?} (M(8820)su meiz(936e)
ei tou patros h(886d)(936e) Abraam;). Negative answer expected by m(885c)
with ablative case of comparison in patros after meiz(936e). 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?}
( ina seauton poieis;). Seauton is predicate accusative with
poieis. They suspect that Jesus is guilty of blasphemy as they
charged in 5:18 in making himself equal with God. Later they
will make it specifically ( 10:33 19:7 ). They set a trap for
Jesus for this purpose.
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