John 8:40 - Forerunner Commentary

John 8:40

38 ^aI speak what I have seen with My Father, and you do what you have¹ seen with your father.”

39 They answered and said to Him, ^a“Abraham is our father.” Jesus said to them, ^b“If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.

40 ^aBut now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth ^bwhich I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.

41 You do the deeds of your father.” Then they said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; ^awe have one Father—God.”

42 Jesus said to them, ^a“If God were your Father, you would love Me, for ^bI proceeded forth and came from God; ^cnor have I come of Myself, but He sent Me.

43 ^aWhy do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word.

44 ^aYou are of your father the devil, and the ^bdesires of your father you want to ^cdo. He was a murderer from the beginning, and ^ddoes not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

Verse Comparison: John 8:40

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American Standard Version
But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.

Amplified® Bible
But now [instead] you are wanting {and} seeking to kill Me, a Man Who has told you the truth which I have heard from God. This is not the way Abraham acted.

Contemporary English Version
Instead, you want to kill me for telling you the truth that God gave me. Abraham never did anything like that.

Darby English Version
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.

Good News Bible
All I have ever done is to tell you the truth I heard from God, yet you are trying to kill me. Abraham did nothing like this!

International Standard Version
But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham would not have done that.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
"But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.

New International Version
As it is, you are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things.

New King James Version
But now you seek to kill Me, a Man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"But as it turns out, you seek to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do.

Young's Literal Translation
and now, ye seek to kill me -- a man who hath spoken to you the truth I heard from God; this Abraham did not;

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