John 8:39 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 8:37-40

John 8:37-40. I know that ye are Abraham’s seed That ye are descended from Abraham, as Ishmael and Esau, and their posterity also were, I know; but what can that avail you, while you are so unlike Abraham, in your spirit and conduct, as it is plain you are? For you seek to kill me Who am not only an innocent person, but the Lord of life and glory, invested with an extraordinary commission from God to instruct and save you: a crime this, the heinousness of which no words can describe. Thus... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 8:31-59

91. True freedom; true sonship (John 8:31-59)Jesus used an illustration from slavery to show the people how he could help them in their need. They all knew that slaves could not free themselves. The only person who could free them was the owner of the house in which the slave worked, or the owner’s son, acting on his father’s authority. The Jews were slaves, in bondage to sin and unable to free themselves. The only one who could free them was God, acting through his Son Jesus. They would find... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 8:39

children . Greek. Plural of teknon. App-108 . See note 2. works . See note on John 4:34 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:39

They answered and said unto him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.The differentiation between the physical and the spiritual descendants of Abraham is developed fully in Paul's letter to the Romans, Romans 8-9. See my Commentary on Romans on these chapters.Abraham's children ... In the sense that this relates to God's redemptive promises through the patriarch Abraham; it never did mean persons physically descended from... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 8:39

39. If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham—He had just said He "knew they were Abraham's children," that is, according to the flesh; but the children of his faith and holiness they were not, but the reverse. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 8:12-59

5. The light of the world discourse 8:12-59Following Jesus’ claim to be the water of life (John 7:37-38), official opposition against Him intensified considerably. The following sections of this Gospel trace this rising opposition. While some believed on Jesus, most of His own people rejected Him (cf. John 1:11-12). This section of the text deals with Jesus’ claim to be the Light of the World and the controversy it generated. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 8:31-47

The challenge to professing believers 8:31-47Jesus next addressed those in His audience who had expressed some faith in Him (John 8:30). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 8:39-41

The Jews stubbornly insisted that they revealed their ancestry to Abraham by doing as he did. By claiming Abraham as their father at this stage in the discussion they were saying that they were as good as Abraham.". . . no principle was more fully established in the popular [Jewish] conviction, than that all Israel had part in the world to come (Sanh. x. 1), and this, specifically, because of their connection with Abraham. . . . Abraham was represented as sitting at the gate of Gehenna, to... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:1-59

The Feast of Tabernacles Continued. Christ the Light of the WorldJohn 7:53 to John 8:11. The woman taken in adultery. All modern critics agree that this section is no original part of the Fourth Gospel. It is not in the author’s style; it breaks the sequence of our Lord’s discourses, and is omitted by most of the ancient authorities. Probably it is an authentic apostolic tradition inserted here to illustrate the principle of John 8:15. Some MSS place it at the end of the Gospel. The incident... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 8:39

(39) They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father.—They feel the meaning which has not yet been expressed (comp. John 8:44), and claim the descent from Abraham which He has already allowed (John 8:37).If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.—Almost all the better MSS. read, “If ye are,” for “If ye were.” This must mean, “If ye are Abraham’s children—but the supposition is excluded, for ye would do the works of Abraham, and this is opposed to fact.” They are the... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - John 8:37-40

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - John 8:31-59

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - John 8:39

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:39

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - John 8:39

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 8:12-59

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 8:31-47

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - John 8:39-41

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:1-59

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - John 8:39

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