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John 8:40 KJV
John · chapter 8 · verse 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.John 8:40 · King James Version
John 8:40 in context
38I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
39They 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.
40But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
41Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
42Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- truthalētheiaobjectively, what is true in any matter under consideration, truly, in truth, according…G225 →
- heardakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- seekzēteōto seek in order to find, to seek a thing, to seek [in order to find out] by thinking…G2212 →
- killapokteinōto kill in any way whatever, to destroy, to allow to perish, metaph. to extinguish…G615 →
- toldlaleōto utter a voice or emit a sound, to speak, to use the tongue or the faculty of speech…G2980 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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Here Christ and the Jews are still at issue; he sets himself to convince and convert them, while they still set themselves to contradict and oppose him. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 38-47