John 8:37
I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no entrance in you.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
In Context
36If therefore the Son shall set you free, ye shall be really free.
38I speak what I have seen with my Father, and ye then do what ye have seen with your father.
Cross References
Matthew 13:19From every one who hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand [it], the wicked one comes and catches away what was sown in his heart: this is he that is sown by the wayside.
John 5:44How can ye believe, who receive glory one of another, and seek not the glory which [comes] from God alone?
John 7:19Has not Moses given you the law, and no one of you practises the law? Why do ye seek to kill me?
John 8:6But this they said proving him, that they might have [something] to accuse him [of]. But Jesus, having stooped down, wrote with his finger on the ground.
John 8:39They 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;
John 8:45and because I speak the truth, ye do not believe me.
Matthew Henry on John 8:32-38
Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees. 31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32 And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. 33 They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? 34 Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. 35 And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son… Read the whole commentary →