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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:38

I speak the things which I have seen with my Father: and ye also do the things which ye heard from your father.With this, Jesus directed the conversation toward another sector. Who really was the father of those vicious opponents confronting him? His first mention of their "father" here would not be explained until John 8:44; but the Lord would build the conversation to the climax there. 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

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:40

But now ye seek to kill me, a man that told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.Jesus here pointed out the proof of their spiritual corruption, that proof being that they wanted to kill the Lord. How can this be reconciled with the admitted fact that these spiritual bastards "believed on" the Lord Jesus Christ? (See under John 8:30, and following.) The answer is that theirs was "faith alone"! Today, the world is full of people who "believe on" the Lord Jesus but would... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:41

Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have, one Father, even God.His hearers at last recognized the spiritual import of Jesus' words, stopped pleading their physical descent from Abraham, and boldly claimed God as their father; but Christ rejected such a plea. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:42

Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God: for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me.Ye would love me ... If men are of God, they will love Jesus."Faith alone" cannot justify or save men, because there is a higher requirement than faith; and if that higher qualification is lacking, as it was in the case here, "believers on" Jesus may be in fact the sons of the devil. The genuine test is not "Do we believe?" but "Do we love the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:43

Why do ye not understand my speech? Even because ye cannot hear my word.Their inability to hear was not a defect from which they might have been excused. Jesus held them responsible. Hendriksen's paraphrase of the meaning here is: "It is because, through will, you cannot bear to hear the truth or message conveyed by these phrases."[7]The Lord had patiently explained again and again the truth of God to those evil men, trying to get them to see that the true spiritual children of Abraham would... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:44

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father, it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.Again, it should be noted by the student that these men, so denominated as sons of the devil, were "believers on" the Lord Jesus; but they did not love him and would not obey him. If people are justified by "faith alone,"... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:45

But because I say the truth, ye believe not.For evil persons, no reason on their part is required for rejecting the truth, except for the fact of its being so. Evil cannot love righteousness. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:46

Which of you convicteth me of sin? If I say truth, why do ye not believe me?Which of you ... The total sinlessness and perfection of the Saviour's life proved his Godhead; and all who ever knew Christ concurred fully in this judgment of absolute holiness pertaining to him, a fact that his bitterest enemies allowed to stand unchallenged.Why do ye not believe ... This stage of the interview having been reached, their faith had become no faith. Note also that this does not deny their fundamental... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:47

He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear them not, because ye are not of God.The only proof needed to demonstrate that men are sons of the devil is that of their being unwilling to "hear" in the sense of "obeying" the word of God. read more

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:38

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:39

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:40

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:41

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:42

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:43

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:44

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:45

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:46

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - John 8:47

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