John 8:39
They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
38I speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have seen with your father.”
Cross References
Matthew 3:9and do not think to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham out of these stones.
John 8:37“I know that you are Abraham's seed, but you seek to kill Me, because My word finds no place in you.
Romans 4:12and the father of circumcision to those not only of circumcision, but also to those following in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while in uncircumcision. 1 The Promise Given Through Faith
Romans 9:7nor are they all children because they are the seed of Abraham; but, “ In Isaac your descendants shall be called.”
Galatians 3:29And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's descendants, and heirs according to the promise.
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 →