John 8:40

Translations

Modern

But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.

Traditional

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.

Literal

But now you seek to kill Me, a man who has spoken to you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.

Latin

Nunc autem quæritis me interficere, hominem, qui veritatem vobis locutus sum, quam audivi a Deo: hoc Abraham non fecit.

Interlinear

Greek

English

But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.

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

Related verses

John 8:26
“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”
Galatians 4:29
At that time, however, the son born by the flesh persecuted the son born by the Spirit. It is the same now.
Galatians 4:16
Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
Revelation 12:12–13
Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and you who dwell in them! But woe to the earth and the sea; with great fury the devil has come down to you, knowing he has only a short time.”
Psalm 37:32
Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
John 8:56
Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see My day. He saw it and was glad.”
1 John 3:12–15
Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
John 8:37–38
I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.
Revelation 12:4
His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, hurling them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.
Romans 4:12
And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
Psalm 37:12
The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
Revelation 12:17
And the dragon was enraged at the woman and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.

Parallels

2 John 1:4–6

People

Abraham: Patriarch, chosen by God to father His people

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Humility John, Gospel of Peter, the Apostle

Topics

Abraham: How Regarded by his Descendants Jesus, the Christ: Relation of, to the Father Jesus, the Christ: Son of God Persecution of Jesus Self-Righteousness: Pharisees

John 8:40

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