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John 8:40

and now, you seek to kill Me—a Man who has spoken to you the truth I heard from God; Abraham did not do this;

Literal Standard 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, “Our father is Abraham”; Jesus says to them, “If you were children of Abraham, the works of Abraham you were doing;

41you do the works of your father.” They said, therefore, to Him, “We have not been born of whoredom; we have one Father—God”;

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Cross References

Psalms 37:12The wicked is devising against the righteous, || And gnashing his teeth against him.

John 8:26many things I have to speak concerning you and to judge, but He who sent Me is true, and I—what things I heard from Him—these I say to the world.”

John 8:56your father Abraham was glad that he might see My day; and he saw, and rejoiced.”

Galatians 4:16so have I become your enemy, being true to you?

1 John 3:12not as Cain—he was of the evil one, and he slew his brother. And for [what] reason did he slay him? Because his works were evil, and those of his brother [were] righteous.

Revelation 12:12because of this be glad, you heavens, and those who dwell in them; woe to those inhabiting the earth and the sea, because the Devil went down to you, having great wrath, having known that he has [a] short 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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