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But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham didn`t do this.
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Commentators unanimously highlight Jesus's core argument: true children of Abraham would do the works of Abraham. The leaders' desire to kill Jesus for speaking God's truth stands in stark contrast to Abraham's character, who was known for his faith, hospitality, and obedience to God's word. Their murderous intent proved they did not share his spirit.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Ye seek to kill me. See John 8:37.
This did not Abraham. Or such things Abraham did not do. There are two things noted her…
But now (νυν δε). Clear statement that they are not doing "the works of Abraham" in seeking to kill him. See this use of νυν δε af…
19th Century
Anglican
But now you seek to kill me—that is, as a matter of fact, in opposition to the conduct that would characterize the true c…
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Baptist
They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father.
Jesus says to them, If you were Abraham's children, you would do the work…
Jesus insisted that the Jews were not the true children of Abraham. Their hatred of Jesus, refusal to listen to truth, and lack of simple faith bel…
16th Century
Protestant
But now you seek to kill me. He proves from the effect, that they are not the children of God, as they boasted, because they oppose God. A…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But now you seek to kill me A temper and disposition very foreign from that of Abraham's:
a man t…
Our Lord opposed the proud and vain confidence of these Jews, showing that their descent from Abraham could not profit those whose spirit was contr…
13th Century
Catholic
After showing that the Jews had a certain spiritual origin, our Lord here rejects certain origins which they had presumptuously attribute…
