John 8:44 KJV

John · chapter 8 · verse 44

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.John 8:44 · King James Version

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John 8:44 in context

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.

43Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

44Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

45And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

46Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?

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Commentary

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

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Key words (Strong's)

beginningarchēbeginning, origin, the person or thing that commences, the first person or thing in a…G746 →
murdereranthrōpoktonosa manslayer, murdererG443 →
speakethlaleōto utter a voice or emit a sound, to speak, to use the tongue or the faculty of speech…G2980 →
fatherpatērgenerator or male ancestor, either the nearest ancestor father of the corporeal nature…G3962 →
devildiabolosprone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely, a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer…G1228 →
lustsepithymiadesire, craving, longing, desire for what is forbidden, lustG1939 →

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