Ye are of your father, the devil.

He shows that there are two households on the earth; that of God, composed of his children; and that of the devil, composed of his children. All who hear the voice of Christ become God's children by adoption (Romans 8:15-17), and all who refuse to hear him, do so because they belong to the devil's household and hear his voice.

He was. murderer from the beginning.

Not merely because he inspired Cain's murder of Abel, but because he seduced the human race into disobedience and sought to destroy it. The temptation in Eden was. case of attempted murder, and has resulted in all the murders of earth, and the spiritual death of myriads. They (the Jews) were the children of. murderer; hence they sought to kill Christ (see verse 40).

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