John 8:39 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.”

John 8:39

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I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.

They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

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.

Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, {even} God.

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John 8:1

"Jesus went unto the mount of Olives."

John 8:2

"And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them."

John 8:3

"And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst,"

John 8:4

"They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act."

John 8:5

"Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?"

John 8:6

"This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with {his} finger wrote on the ground, {as though he heard them not}."

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