John 8:40

I am telling you the true message I heard from God, and you are trying to kill me. You are nothing like Abraham. He never did bad things like that.

Plain English 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

39The Jewish leaders said to him, “Look, we belong to Abraham’s family. He is our grand-father that lived a long time ago.” Jesus said, “You reckon you are in Abraham’s family, but you are not. Everyone that is really in Abraham’s family does good things like Abraham did.

41Listen, you are doing the things that your father does.” But they said, “God is our father. He is the only father we have, and we are his proper kids.”

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Cross References

John 8:26I can say a lot about you, and I can even judge you. But I will not do that now. You see, right now I am telling people what I heard from the one that sent me to the world. And you can trust his words. They are true.”

John 8:56Think about your father, Abraham. He knew I was going to come into the world, and after he saw it happen, he was really happy.”

Galatians 4:16But now something is wrong. I’m telling you what is true, and you don’t like it. It looks like you turned around, and now you are calling me your enemy.

1 John 3:12Remember that old story in God’s book, about Cain and Abel. They were brothers. Cain belonged to the devil, and he did bad things. But Abel lived God’s way. So Cain hated Abel, and he killed him. But we can’t be like that. We can’t hate people or kill people.

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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