John 8:39 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³⁹They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham.

John 8:39 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Galatians 3:7
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham.
John 8:37
I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
Romans 9:7
Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Romans 2:28-29
For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: …
Matthew 5:45
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.

Topics

Abraham Believer Children of God Christian Disciple Generals, Distinguished Godly Leadership

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 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 sentiments and theirs to a different rise and origin (John 8:38): I speak that which I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have seen with your father. Here are two fathers spoken of, according…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 39)

37-41. ye seek to kill me--He had said this to their face before: He now repeats it, and they do not deny it; yet are they held back, as by some marvellous spell--it was the awe which His combined dignity, courage, and benignity struck into them. because my word hath no place in you--When did ever human prophet so speak of His words? They tell us of “the word of the Lord” coming to them. But here…