New American Standard Bible 1995
John 8:38-47
38I speak the things which I have seen 1with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from 2your father.”
39They answered and said to Him, “Abraham is 3our father.” Jesus said to them, “4If you are Abraham’s children, do the deeds of Abraham. 40But as it is, 5you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has 6told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do. 41You are doing the deeds of 7your father.” They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; 8we have one Father: God.” 42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, 9you would love Me, 10for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have 11not even come on My own initiative, but 1213He sent Me. 43Why do you not understand 1415what I am saying? It is because you cannot 16hear My word. 4417You are of 18your father the devil, and 19you want to do the desires of your father. 20He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because 21there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks 22a lie, he 23speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of 24lies. 45But because 25I speak the truth, you do not believe Me. 46Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If 26I speak truth, why do you not believe Me? 4727He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”
Notes
- 1. John 8:38 Or in the presence of ↩
- 2. John 8:38 John 8:41, 44 ↩
- 3. John 8:39 Matt 3:9; John 8:37 ↩
- 4. John 8:39 Rom 9:7; Gal 3:7 ↩
- 5. John 8:40 John 7:1; 8:37 ↩
- 6. John 8:40 John 8:26 ↩
- 7. John 8:41 John 8:38, 44 ↩
- 8. John 8:41 Deut 32:6; Is 63:16; 64:8 ↩
- 9. John 8:42 1 John 5:1 ↩
- 10. John 8:42 John 13:3; 16:28, 30; 17:8 ↩
- 11. John 8:42 John 7:28 ↩
- 12. John 8:42 Lit that One ↩
- 13. John 8:42 John 3:17 ↩
- 14. John 8:43 Or My way of speaking ↩
- 15. John 8:43 John 8:33, 39, 41 ↩
- 16. John 8:43 John 5:25 ↩
- 17. John 8:44 1 John 3:8 ↩
- 18. John 8:44 John 8:38, 41 ↩
- 19. John 8:44 John 7:17 ↩
- 20. John 8:44 Gen 3:4; 1 John 3:8, 15 ↩
- 21. John 8:44 1 John 2:4 ↩
- 22. John 8:44 Lit the lie ↩
- 23. John 8:44 Matt 12:34 ↩
- 24. John 8:44 Lit it ↩
- 25. John 8:45 John 18:37 ↩
- 26. John 8:46 John 18:37 ↩
- 27. John 8:47 1 John 4:6 ↩
Commentaries on John 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Catena Aurea
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- John Lightfoot Commentary
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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