John 8:42
Jesus said unto them, If God were your father, ye would love me: for I came forth, and do come, from God; neither came I of myself, but He sent me.
1770 John Worsley NT
In The King James Version
In Context
43And why do ye not understand my language, but because ye cannot bear my doctrine?
Cross References
John 3:17for God sent not his son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved by Him.
John 5:43I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another should come in his own name, him ye will receive.
John 12:49For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father, who sent me, gave me a commandment, what I should say and what I should speak.
John 15:23He that hateth me, hateth my Father also.
John 17:8for the instructions, which Thou gavest me, I have given to them: and they have received them, and have known of a truth that I came from Thee, and have believed that thou hast sent me.
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 →