John 8:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• John 8:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  I know ... - I admit that you are the descendants of Abraham. Jesus did not wish to call that in question, but he endeavored to show them that they might be his descendants and still lack entirel...

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• John 8:37 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (13) I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. (13) Our wicked manners declare that we are obviously born of a wicked nature: but we are change...

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• John 8:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Controversy with the Jews who Believed. Many are convinced by this appeal. The following section summarises the teaching by which Jesus tried to bring the more favourably disposed of the Jewish par...

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• John 8:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  hath no place . findeth no entrance. Compare Thess. John 2:13 . no . not. Greek. ou. App-105.

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• John 8:37 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  37. I know that you are Abraham’s seed. I explain this as said by way of concession. Yet at the same time he ridicules their folly in glorying in so absurd a title, as if he had said: “Grant...

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• John 8:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. My word hath no place in you - Or, this doctrine of mine hath no place to you. Ye hear the truths of G...

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• John 8:37 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  I know that ye are Abraham's seed;— "I know that ye are the seed of Abraham by natural descent, as Ishmael also was; but morally ye are the offspring of the devil; and in every respect unlike Abrah...

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• John 8:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me. He had said this to their face befo...

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• John 8:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Feast of Tabernacles Continued. Christ the Light of the World John 7:53 to John 8:11 . The woman taken in adultery. All modern critics agree that this section is no original part of the Fou...

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• John 8:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  I know that ye are Abraham’s seed. — He uses the word which they had used in John 8:33 , acknowledging their merely physical descent from Abraham. He has since used the word “Son,” but does not ap...

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• John 8:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 19 JESUS REJECTED IN JERUSALEM. “He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek Me, and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come. The Jews therefore said, Will...

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• John 8:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Source of True Liberty John 8:31-38 Sin is not a necessary part of our being. The servant abideth not in the house for ever. Your child is an integral part of the household; he has become...

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• John 8:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The end of chapter 7 is closely linked with this, in that after declaring "every man went to his own house," the writer said, "But Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives." Here we have the story of a r...

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• John 8:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed: (32) And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. (33) They answere...

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• John 8:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  I know that ye are Abraham's seed ,.... In answer to the other part of the Jews' objection to Christ, and in favour of themselves, Christ owns that they were the natural seed of Abraham; for truth m...

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• John 8:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. Ver. 37. I know that ye are Abraham's seed ] But that will not bear you out; nay, you will fare th...

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• John 8:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 yo...

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• John 8:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  A WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY (vs.1-11) While others went to their homes, the Lord spent the night in the mount of Olives, away from all the words and thoughts of men, in the calm of His Father's pr...

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• John 8:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees.       31 Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then ar...

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• John 8:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  According to the flesh you are descended from Abraham, that I know; but of what advantage is or can this be to you, while in the mean time you are implacable enemies to me, and seek to murder me, who...

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• John 8:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Chapter 8 Jesus - The Light of the World and the ‘I am' ( John 8:12-59 ). In this chapter Jesus is revealed as ‘the Light of the World'. This is a reminder of the one spoken of in the words of Isa...

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• John 8:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES John 8:13 . They forgot His vindication of Himself ( John 5:31-37 ). John 8:14 . Even if I bear record, etc. —Although He was content to let the Father witness o...

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• John 8:37 - Scofield Reference Notes

  Abraham's Compare ( John 8:39 ). The contrast, "I know that ye are Abraham's seed" -- "If ye were Abraham's children," is that between the natural and the spiritual posterity of Abraham. Th...

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• John 8:37 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 8:12-13 . Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. The Pharisees These wasps...

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• John 8:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  John 8:1 . Jesus went to the mount of Olives, where it is probable he slept in some booth in the gardens; and returned early to the temple, to preach to the people, before the commencement of publ...

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• John 8:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Then said Jesus unto those Jews which believed on Him. A glorious liberator I. FREEDOM PROFFERED. 1. Sin makes bondage ( John 8:34 ; Matthew 6:24 ; Luke 16:13 ; Romans 6:16-17 ; Galatian...

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• John 8:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Verses 7:53-8:11 (8) The pericope adulterae. (a) Excursus on the genuineness of John 7:53-43 John 7:53-43 John 7:53-43 . It is our duty to examine the various grounds on...

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• John 8:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  True liberty:

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• John 8:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 2:14 ; Acts 13:26 ; John 10:31 ; John 11:53 ; John 12:39-43 ; John 5:16-18 ; John 5:44 ; John 7:1 ; John 7:19 ; John 7:25 ; John 8:33 ; John 8:40 ; John 8:43 ; John 8:45-4...

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• John 8:37 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Light of the World John 8:12-42 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Jesus Christ the Life, was the Light. When we study- John 1:1-4 , we think of Christ in the beginning as the Word, creating by His com...

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• John 8:37 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  I know that ye are Abraham's offspring — As to the other branch of your objection, I know that, ye are Abraham's offspring, after the flesh; but not in a spiritual sense. Ye are not followers of th...

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