50. Ego autem non quaero 50. But I seek not my own gloriam meam: est qui quaerat, glory: there is one that et iudicet. seeketh and judgeth. 50. But though _you dishonour_ (the Greek has the present in end of 49) _Me_, I will not seek to avenge the dishonour; the Father will avenge it. See Deut. xviii. 19. 51. Amen, amen dico vobis: si 51. Amen, amen, I say to you: quis sermonem meum servaverit, If any man keep my word, he mortem non videbit in shall not see death for ever. aeternum. 51. In verse 32, He promised freedom, now He promises immortality, to those that hearken to His words. 52. Dixerunt ergo Iudaei: Nunc 52. The Jews therefore said: cognovimus quia daemonium Now we know that thou hast a habes. Abraham mortuus est, et devil. Abraham is dead, and prophetae: et tu dicis: Si the prophets: and thou sayest: quis sermonem meum servaverit, If any man keep my word he non gustabit mortem in shall not taste death for aeternum. ever. 53. Numquid tu maior es patre 53. Art thou greater than our nostro Abraham, qui mortuus father Abraham, who is dead? est? et prophetae mortui sunt. and the prophets are dead. Quem teipsum facis? Whom dost thou make thyself? 52, 53. The Jews accuse Him of preferring Himself to Abraham and the prophets, to which He replies— 54. Respondit Iesus: Si ego 54. Jesus answered: If I glorifico, meipsum, gloria mea glorify myself, my glory is nihil est: est Pater meus, qui nothing. It is my Father that glorificat me, quem vos glorifieth me, of whom you say dicitis quia Deus vester est. that he is your God. 54. If I glorify Myself, _let it go for nought_; it is My Father, &c. 55. Et non cognovistis eum. 55. And you have not known Ego autem novi eum: et si him, but I know him. And if I dixero quia non scio eum, ero shall say that I know him not, similis vobis, mendax. Sed I shall be like to you, a scio eum, et sermonem eius liar. But I do know him, and servo. do keep his word. 55. The Jews knew not the Father as the Father of Christ; moreover, they knew Him not at all with a practical knowledge so as to serve Him. 56. Abraham pater vester 56. Abraham your father exultavit ut videret diem rejoiced that he might see my meum: vidit, et gavisus est. day: he saw it, and was glad.