John 8:38

Translations

Modern

I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”

Traditional

I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

Literal

I speak the things I have seen with the Father; and you, therefore, the things you have heard with your father, you do.”

Latin

Ego quod vidi apud Patrem meum, loquor: et vos quæ vidistis apud patrem vestrum, facitis.

Interlinear

Greek

English

I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”

Notes

John 8:37–41

The leaders' plan to kill Jesus revealed their true identity (5:18). They were part of a different spiritual family, and their spiritual father was not Jesus's Father. They were relying on the fact that their ancestral father was Abraham, but Jesus challenged their spiritual heritage.

The most important part of his challenge comes in 8:44.

John 8:12–59

The debate about whether Jesus is the Messiah continues from 7:52. Jesus remained at the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem. During the feast, the conflicts Jesus encountered in chapter 7 continued and intensified.

Theme notes and profiles

Abraham

Events

Light of the World/I am discoursec. AD 29

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John 8:38

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