John 8:41

You are doing the ma'asim of your Av. They said, therefore, to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, We are not mamzerim who have been born of zenunim (fornication). We have Av Echad, Hashem. + 8:41 Gn 38:24; Isa 63:16; 64:8; Mal 2:10; Dt 32:6

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

In Context

40But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who has told you HaEmes, which I heard from Hashem; this was not a ma'aseh that Avraham did. + 8:40 Ps 15:2

42He said to them, If Hashem were the Av of you, you would have had ahavah for me, for I came forth from Hashem, and now I am present here, for I have not come on my own, but HaAv sent me. + 8:42 Isa 55:11

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Cross References

Exodus 4:22And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith Hashem, Yisroel is beni (My son), even My bechor (first-born):

Deuteronomy 32:6Do ye thus repay Hashem, 1 O foolish people without chacham? 1 Is not He Avicha that hath bought thee? 1 Hath He not made thee, and established thee? 1

Isaiah 63:16Doubtless Thou art Avinu, 1 though Avraham not have da'as of us, 1 and Yisroel not acknowledge us; 1 Thou, Hashem, art Avinu, Go'aleinu; 1 Shemecha is from everlasting. 1

Jeremiah 3:19But I said: 1 How can I set thee among the banim, 1 and give thee an eretz chemdah (a land of desire), 1 the most beautiful nachalah of the Goyim? 1 And I said: Thou shalt call Me, Avi; 1 and shalt not turn back from following Me. 1

Ezekiel 16:20Moreover thou hast taken thy banim and thy banot, whom thou hast borne unto Me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them + 16:20 the idols to be devoured. Was this thy zonah harlotry not enough,

Hosea 1:2The beginning of the Devar Hashem by Hoshea: And Hashem said to Hoshea: Go, take unto thee an eshet zenunim (wife of whoredoms) and yeladim of zenunim; for ha'aretz hath committed great whoredom, by departing from Hashem.

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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