A.T. Robertson Commentary John 8:53

"Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died: whom makest thou thyself?" — John 8:53 (ASV)

Art thou greater than our father Abraham? (Μη συ μειζων ε του πατρος ημων Αβρααμ; ). Negative answer expected by μη with ablative case of comparison in πατρος after μειζων. 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? (τινα σεαυτον ποιεισ; ). Σεαυτον is predicate accusative with ποιεις. 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.