John 8:40

But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who has spoken to you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do such a thing.

Text-Critical English NT

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 him, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said to them, “If you were children of Abraham, you would be doing the works of Abraham.

41You are doing the works of your father.” They said to him, “We were not born of fornication. We have one Father—God.”

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Cross References

John 8:26I have many things to say about you and to judge, but he who sent me is true, and I tell the world what I have heard from him.”

John 8:56Your father Abraham was glad that he would see my day. He saw it and rejoiced.”

Galatians 4:16Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?

1 John 3:12We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil, but the deeds of his brother were righteous.

Revelation 12:12Therefore rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea, for the devil has come down to you with great wrath, because he knows that his time is short.”

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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