John 8:39
They answered and said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jeshu saith to them, If you were the sons of Abraham, the works of Abraham you would do.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
38That which I have seen with my Father I speak, and that which you have seen with your father you do.
Cross References
Matthew 3:9Neither ruminate and say within yourselves, that Abraham is father to us; for I say to you that Aloha is able from these stones to raise up sons unto Abraham.
John 8:37I know that you are the seed of Abraham; but you seek to kill me, because in my word you do not concur.
Romans 4:12and the father of the circumcision, not of them who are of the circumcision only, but of them who pursue the footsteps of the faith of uncircumcision of our father Abraham.
Romans 9:7neither also are they who are of the seed of Abraham all children; because it was said, In Ishok shall be called unto thee the seed:
Galatians 3:29And if you are of the Meshiha, therefore are you the seed of Abraham, and heirs by the 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 →