Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
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Gill's Exposition
Yet ye have not known him,.... Not as the Father of Christ, nor as in Christ, whom to know is life eternal: they had no spiritual knowledge of him, nor communion with him; nor did they know truly his…
Barnes' Notes
Hast a devil - Art deranged. Because he affirmed a thing which they supposed to be contrary to all experience, and to be impossible.
In these verses we have,
I. The doctrine of the immortality of believers laid down, Joh 8:51. It is ushered in with the usual solemn preface, Verily, verily, I say unto you, which commands both…
Cambridge Bible
Now we know that thou hast a devil -It was somewhat of a conjecture before, but now we recognise clear evidence of it."
Abraham is dead Abraham died. Again they shew a gross want of perception and -do…
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