John 8:40

But now ye seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

In Context

39They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus says to them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

41Ye do the works of your father. They said therefore to him, We were not begotten from fornication. We have one Father, God.

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Cross References

Psalms 37:12The wicked man plots against the righteous man, and gnashes upon him with his teeth.

John 8:26I have many things to say and to judge about you. But he who sent me is true, and I speak to the world these things that I heard from him.

John 8:56Your father Abraham rejoiced that he could see my day, and he saw it, and was glad.

Galatians 4:16So then have I become your enemy telling you the truth?

1 John 3:12Not as Cain. He was of the wicked, and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were wrong, and his brother's right.

Revelation 12:12Rejoice because of this, O heavens, and ye who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has little time.

Matthew Henry on John 8:39-48

Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. 39 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. 40 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. 41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even… Read the whole commentary →

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