Juan 8:41-44 NVI

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 8:38-47

Here Christ and the Jews are still at issue; he sets himself to convince and convert them, while they still set themselves to contradict and oppose him. I. He here traces the difference between his sentiments and theirs to a different rise and origin (John 8:38): I speak that which I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have seen with your father. Here are two fathers spoken of, according to the two families into which the sons of men are divided?God and the devil, and without... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 8:37-41

8:37-41a "I know that you are the descendants of Abraham, but you are trying to find a way to kill me, because there is no room in you for my word. I speak what I have seen in the presence of the Father. So you must do what you have heard from the Father." "Our father is Abraham," they answered. "If," answered Jesus, "you are the children of Abraham, act as Abraham acted. But, as it is, you are trying to find a way to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, truth which I heard from... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 8:41

8:41b-45 They said to him: "We were born of no adulterous union. We have one Father--God." "If God was your Father," said Jesus, "you would love me. For it was from God that I came forth and have come here. I had nothing to do with my own coming, but it was he who sent me. Why do you not understand what I am saying? The reason is that you are unable to hear my word. You belong to your father, the devil, and it is the evil desires of your father that you wish to do. He was a murderer from the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 8:41

Ye do the deeds of your father ,.... Not Abraham, but the devil. Then said they unto him, we be not born of fornication : meaning either literally, that they were not a brood of bastards, children of whoredom, illegitimately begotten in unlawful copulation, or wedlock; or figuratively, that they were not the children of idolaters, idolatry being called fornication in Scripture; but that they were the holy seed of Israel, and children of the prophets, who had retained the pure word, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 8:42

Jesus said unto them, if God were your Father ,.... By adoption; and this was discovered by the grace of regeneration; or in other words, if they had been born of God, ye would love me ; for in regeneration love to Christ is always implanted: it is a fruit of the Spirit, which always comes along with the superabounding grace of God in conversion; whoever are begotten again, according to abundant mercy, love an unseen Jesus; and where there is no love to Christ, there can be no... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 8:43

Why do ye not understand my speech ?.... Language, idiom, dialect, and form of speaking, in a figurative way; for they did not know what he meant by liberty, and bondage, and by having another father than Abraham, or by his own procession and coming forth from God: even because ye cannot hear my word ; as they had no spiritual discerning and understanding of the doctrine of Christ, which showed them to be carnal, and natural men, and not regenerate ones, and the children of God; so... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 8:44

Ye are of your father the devil ,.... Not of his substance, but by imitation and example; and as being under his authority and influence, his instructions and directions, and ready to follow after him, and obey his commands; the word "your" is rightly supplied, and is in some copies: and the lusts of your father ye will do ; the Syriac and Persic versions read in the singular number, "the lust", or "desire of your father"; by which may be particularly meant, his eager desire after the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:41

Ye do the deeds of your father - You have certainly another father than Abraham - one who has instilled his own malignant nature into you; and, as ye seek to murder me for telling you the truth, ye must be the offspring of him who was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not in the truth, John 8:44 . We be not born of fornication - We are not a mixed, spurious breed - our tribes and families have been kept distinct - we are descended from Abraham by his legal wife Sarah; and we are... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:42

If God were your Father, ye would love me - I came from God, and it would be absurd to suppose that you would persecute me if you were under the influence of God. The children of the same father should not murder each other. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:43

Why do ye not understand my speech? - Την λαλιαν την εμην , This my mode of speaking - when illustrating spiritual by natural things: λαλια refers to the manner of speaking; λογος , to the matter or subject on which he spoke. For λαλιαν , the Codex Bezae had originally αληθειαν : why do ye not acknowledge this Truth of mine? A few other MSS. agree in this reading. Because ye cannot hear my word - That is, ye cannot bear my doctrine: it comes too close to you; it searches your... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - John 8:38-47

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 8:37-41

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - John 8:41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 8:41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 8:42

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 8:43

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - John 8:44

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:41

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:42

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - John 8:43

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