John 8:40

³⁸ I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”

³⁹ “Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.

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.

⁴¹ You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”

⁴² Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: 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.
WEB: But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham didn’t do this.
ASV: But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.
DARBY: but now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.
BLB: 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.

ÅB: men nå står dere meg etter livet, et menneske som har sagt dere sannheten, som jeg har hørt av Gud; det gjorde ikke Abraham.
OTB: Som det er, søker dere å drepe Meg, en mann som har fortalt dere sannheten som Jeg hørte fra Gud. Abraham gjorde ikke slike ting.
B1930: men nu står I mig efter livet, et menneske som har sagt eder sannheten, som jeg har hørt av Gud; det gjorde ikke Abraham.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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.”
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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.
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Galatians 4:16
Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
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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.”
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Psalms 37:32
Though the wicked lie in wait for the righteous, and seek to slay them,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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