John 8:39
They answered and said to him, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.
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38I say what I have seen with my Father, and you also do what you heard from your father.”
Cross References
Matthew 3:9Do not think of saying among yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father.' For I say to you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham even out of these stones.
John 8:37I know that you are Abraham's descendants; you seek to kill me because my word has no place in you.
Romans 4:12This also meant that Abraham became the father of the circumcision for those who are not only circumcised but also for those who follow in the steps of faith of our father Abraham before he was circumcised.
Romans 9:7Neither are all Abraham's descendants truly his children. But, “It is through Isaac that your descendants will be called.”
Galatians 3:29Then if you are Christ's, you are Abraham's descendants, and heirs according to 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 →