John 8:38 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• John 8:38 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  I speak ... - John 3:11-13 . My Father - God. Your father - The devil. See John 8:44 . To see here means to learn of. They had learned of or been taught by the devil, and imitated him....

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• John 8:38 - 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 8:38 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  have seen. Greek. horao. App-133. with. Greek. para. App-104. ye have seen . All the texts read. ye have heard. But not the Syriac. See App-94. note 8, p. 136.

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• John 8:38 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  38. I speak what I have seen with my Father. He had already made frequent mention of his Father; and now, by an argument drawn from contrary things, he infers that they are enemies to God,...

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• John 8:38 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. I speak that which I have seen - I speak nothing but that unchangeable, eternal truth which I have r...

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• John 8:38 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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

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• John 8:38 - 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 8:38 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  I speak that which I have seen with my Father. — Some of the older MSS. read “the” for “My,” but without change of sense. For the thought, comp. John 8:28 , where we have the same connection betwe...

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• John 8:38 - 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 8:38 - 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 8:38 - 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 8:38 - 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 8:38 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  I speak that which I have seen with my Father ,.... This is an aggravation of the sin of the Jews, in seeking to kill Christ, on account of his doctrine, since it was not his own, but his Father's;...

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• John 8:38 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. Ver. 38. And ye do ] Or, do ye that which ye have seen with your father, and so show yourselves...

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• John 8:38 - 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 8:38 - 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 8:38 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Christ's Discourse with the Pharisees.       38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with you...

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• John 8:38 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  My Father is God; I declare unto you his mind and will; no uncertain things, but what I have seen with him, that is, what I certainly know to be his will. You declare by your actions who is your fath...

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• John 8:38 - 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 8:38 - 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 8:38 - 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 8:38 - 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 8:38 - 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 8:38 - 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 8:38 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  True liberty:

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• John 8:38 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 3:8-10 ; John 12:49 ; John 12:50 ; John 14:10 ; John 14:24 ; John 17:8 ; John 3:32 ; John 5:19 ; John 5:30 ; John 8:26 ; John 8:41 ; John 8:44 ; Matthew 3:7

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• John 8:38 - 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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