John 8:41

Translations

Modern

You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”

Traditional

Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

Literal

You are doing the works of your father.” Therefore they said to Him, “We have not been born of sexual immorality. We have one Father—God.”

Latin

Vos facitis opera patris vestri. Dixerunt itaque ei: Nos ex fornicatione non sumus nati: unum patrem habemus Deum.

Interlinear

Greek

English

You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”

Notes

John 8:41

your father: Jesus knew who controlled them.
We are not illegitimate children: This statement acted as both a defense and an attack. The Greek text emphasizes the pronoun we. In other words, “We [in contrast to you] are not illegitimate.” They are suggesting that Jesus was illegitimate (see Matthew 1:18–25).

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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Isaiah 64:8
But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
Isaiah 63:16
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John 8:38
I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”
John 8:44
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Then tell Pharaoh that this is what the LORD says: ‘Israel is My firstborn son,
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Jeremiah 31:20
Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
Deuteronomy 32:6
Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?
Jeremiah 3:19
Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.

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