John 8:40 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• John 8:40 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Ye seek to kill me - See John 8:37 . This did not Abraham - Or such things Abraham did not do. There are two things noted here in which they differed from Abraham: 1. In seeking to kill hi...

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• John 8:40 - 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 8:40 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  a Man . Greek. anthropos.App-123. Used by the Lord of Himself only here, and in contrast with the "manslayer "of John 8:44 . God . App-98.

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• John 8:40 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  40. But now you seek to kill me. He proves from the effect, that they are not the children of God, as they boasted, because they oppose God. And, indeed, is there any thing in Abraham that i...

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• John 8:40 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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.

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• John 8:40 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Now ye seek to kill me, &c.— "If ye were the spiritual progeny of Abraham, ye would resemble that great and good man in his righteousness; and therefore instead of seeking to take away the life...

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• John 8:40 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have h...

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• John 8:40 - 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 8:40 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  But now ye seek to kill me — i.e., As a matter of fact, in opposition to the conduct which would characterise the true children of Abraham, ye are seeking to kill Me. (Comp. Note on John 8:37 .)...

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• John 8:40 - 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 8:40 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Test of Sonship John 8:39-47 Godly ancestors and parents will avail nothing, unless we are animated by their spirit and do their works. There were in the old world two families that ran in...

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• John 8:40 - 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 8:40 - 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 8:40 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  But now ye seek to kill me ,.... A temper and disposition very foreign from that of Abraham's: a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God ; to seek to kill a man is a very great...

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• John 8:40 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. Ver. 40. A man that hath told you the truth ] Yea, but you tell them not toothless...

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• John 8:40 - 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 8:40 - 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 8:40 - 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 8:40 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  You declare by your actions that you are very far from the spirit and temper of Abraham: I am one who, being sent of God, whom you own as your Father, have faithfully revealed the will of God to you,...

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• John 8:40 - 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 8:40 - 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 8:40 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  John 8:28 . Then said Jesus unto them; That is, to the Jews who were questioning and opposing him,- John 8:28 . When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and tha...

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• John 8:40 - 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 8:40 - 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 8:40 - 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 8:40 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The difference between earthly and spiritual parenthood:

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• John 8:40 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 3:12-15 ; Galatians 4:16 ; Galatians 4:29 ; John 8:26 ; John 8:37 ; John 8:38 ; John 8:56 ; Psalms 37:12 ; Psalms 37:32 ; Revelation 12:12 ; Revelation 12:13 ; Revelation 12:17 ;...

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• John 8:40 - 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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