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John 8:40

John 8:40
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Why do ye not understand my speech?.... Language, idiom, dialect, and form of speaking, in a figurative way; for they did not know what he meant by liberty, and bondage, and by having another father…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Ye seek to kill me - See Joh 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 him, or in…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

John 8:38-47

Here Christ and the Jews are still at issue; he sets himself to convince and convert them, while they still set themselves to contradict and oppose him.

I. He here traces the difference between his…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

-On the contrary, ye seek to commit murder, and a murder of the most heinous kind. Ye would kill One who hath spoken unto you the truth, truth which He learnt from God."

a man that hath told you This…