A.T. Robertson Commentary John 8:37

"I know that ye are Abraham`s seed: yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you." — John 8:37 (ASV)

Yet ye seek to kill me (αλλα ζητειτε με αποκτεινα). As at the recent feast (7:20,25,30,32; 8:20). Some of these very professed believers were even now glowering with murderous vengeance.

Hath not free course in you (ου χωρε εν υμιν). Intransitive use of χωρεω, old verb from χωρος (space, place), to have space or room for. They would not abide in Christ's word (verse 31). They had no longer room for his word when once they understood the spiritual aspect of his message. Jerusalem was now just like Galilee once before (6:60-66).