Greater than Abraham

<p>‘Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead:  whom makest thou thyself?<br>‘Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:<br>‘Yet ye have not known him; but I know him:  and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you:  but I know him, and keep his saying.<br>‘Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day:  and he saw it, and was glad.<br>‘Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?<br>‘Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.’<br><em>—John 8:53–58</em></p> <p>‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.’<br><em>—John 1:1</em></p>