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Art thou greater than our father Abraham? (Mē su meizōn ei tou patros hēmōn Abraam). Negative answer expected by mē with ablative case of comparison in patros after meizōn. 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? (tina seauton poieis). Seauton is predicate accusative with poieis. They suspect that Jesus is guilty of blasphemy as they charged in Joh 5:18 in making himself equal with God. Later they will make it specifically (Joh 10:33; Joh 19:7). They set a trap for Jesus for this purpose.