John 8:45

Then answered the Jews, and said unto him,.... Being incensed to the last degree, that he should say they were of their father the devil, and not of God; and that he spoke the truth, and no one could…

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…

And because I tell you, &c. Better, But because I speak the truth, ye do not believe me. -Ye will listen to the devil (Joh 8:8); ye will believe a lie: but the Messiah speaking the truth ye will not…