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Thou art not yet fifty years old (πεντηκοντα ετ ουπω εχεις). Literally, "Thou hast not yet fifty years." Not meaning that Jesus wa…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes
Fifty years old. Jesus is supposed to have been at this time about thirty-three. It is remarkable that when he was so young they should ha…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
You are not yet fifty years old.—There is no reason to doubt that we have the correct reading here, though some, from Chr…
Charles Spurgeon
CharlesSpurgeon
I know that you are Abraham's seed; yet you seek to kill me, because my word does not have free course in you. I speak the things which I have …
Church Fathers
ChurchFathers
St. Gregory the Great: The worldly minds of the Jews were focused only on the flesh; they thought only of His age in the flesh.…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
Expositor'sBible Commentary
The Jews’ retort that Jesus was “not yet fifty years old” affords an interesting sidelight on Jesus’ age. Fifty years was the limit observers would…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
Thou art not yet fifty years old. They endeavor to refute Christ’s saying by showing that he had asserted what was impossible, when he
John Gill
JohnGill
Then said the Jews unto him, you are not yet fifty years
old
One copy reads forty, bu…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Christ and all who are His depend on God for honor. People may be able to dispute about God, yet may not know Him. Those who do not know God and do…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
1. Above, our Lord had promised two things to his followers: liberation from darkne and the attainment of life, saying, he who follows m…
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson