know that ye are Abraham's seed.

He admits their boast that they are the fleshly children of Abraham, "but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you;". proof that they were not spiritually Abraham's children. Abraham had no such spirit. John the Baptist found it needful to rebuke the Jewish boast, and declared "God could of these stones raise up children to Abraham,". hint that the children of the promise should be Abraham's children, not by fleshly descent, but by the will of God.

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