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John 8:40

Abraham
Truth and honesty

38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

39 They 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.

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.

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

42 Jesus 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.

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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.

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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 many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.

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  • Galatians 4:29

    But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.

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  • Galatians 4:16

    Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

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  • Revelation 12:12–13

    Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.

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  • Psalms 37:32

    The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.

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  • John 8:37–38

    I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

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  • 1 John 3:12–15

    Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

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  • Revelation 12:17

    And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

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