Matthew Henry Commentary John 8:41-47

"Ye do the works of your father. They said unto him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God. Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I came forth and am come from God; for neither have I come of myself, but he sent me. Why do ye not understand my speech? [Even] because ye cannot hear my word. Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof. But because I say the truth, ye believe me not. Which of you convicteth me of sin? If I say truth, why do ye not believe me? He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear [them] not, because ye are not of God." — John 8:41-47 (ASV)

Satan prompts people to excesses by which they murder themselves and others, while what he puts into their minds tends to ruin their souls. He is the great promoter of falsehood of every kind. He is a liar; all his temptations are carried on by his calling evil good, and good evil, and by promising freedom in sin. He is the author of all lies, whom liars resemble and obey, and with whom all liars will have their portion forever.

The special lusts of the devil are spiritual wickedness, the lusts of the mind, corrupt reasonings, pride and envy, wrath and malice, enmity to good, and enticing others to evil.

By "the truth," understand here the revealed will of God concerning the salvation of humankind through Jesus Christ—the truth Christ was now preaching and which the Jews opposed.