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JOHN 8:39 evpoiei/te {B}
It appears that the original text of this verse involved a mixed
conditional sentence, with eiv … evste in the protasis, and
evpoiei/te in the apodosis (“If you are really Ab...
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Verse 39. _IF YE WERE ABRAHAM'S CHILDREN_] _Griesbach_ reads εστε,
_ye are_, instead of ητε, _ye were_, on the authority of BDL,
_Vulgate, four_ copies of the _Itala; Origen_ and _Augustin_.
_YE WOU...
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ABRAHAM IS OUR FATHER - We are descended from Abraham. Of this the
Jews boasted much, as being descended from such an illustrious man.
See the notes at Matthew 3:9. As Jesus did not expressly say who...
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CHAPTER 8
_ 1. The Woman Taken in Adultery. (John 8:1 .)_
2. The Light of the World. (John 8:12 .)
3. His Testimony Concerning Himself and the Father. (John 8:13 .)
4. His Solemn Declarations. ...
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CONTROVERSY WITH THE JEWS WHO BELIEVED. Many are convinced by this
appeal. The following section summarises the teaching by which Jesus
tried to bring the more favourably disposed of the Jewish party...
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39-43. ABRAHAM IS OUR FATHER.
To Christ's allusion to their father they again assert that they are
Abraham's offspring. This might be true according to the flesh, but
spiritually they had another fat...
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a "I know that you are the descendants of Abraham, but you are trying
to find a way to kill me, because there is no room in you for my word.
I speak what I have seen in the presence of the Father. So...
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WRETCHEDNESS AND PITY (John 7:53 ; John 8:1-11)...
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CHILDREN. Greek. Plural of _teknon._ App-108. See note 2.
WORKS. See note on John 4:34....
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John 8:12 TO JOHN 9:41. Christ the Source of Truth and Light
In John 8:12-46 the word -true" occurs six times, the word -truth"
seven times....
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_Abraham is our father_ They see that He means some other father than
Abraham; possibly they suspect His full meaning, soon to be expressed
(John 8:44).
_If ye were Abraham's children_ The true readin...
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John 2:13 TO JOHN 11:57. The Work
We here enter on the second portion of the first main division of the
Gospel, thus subdivided: The Work (1) among _Jews_, (2) among
_Samaritans_, (3) among _Galilean...
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Ver 37. I know that you are Abraham's seed; but you seek to kill me,
because my word has no place in you. 38. I speak that which I have
seen with my Father: and you do that which you have seen with yo...
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_JESUS AND ABRAHAM -- JOHN 8:39-59:_ Jesus said these people wanted to
kill Him for telling them the truth that God had given Him. The Jews
claimed God as their father but they refused to obey Him. If...
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ΆΠΕΚΡΊΘΗΣΑΝ _aor. ind. pass. (dep.) от_
ΆΠΟΚΡΊΝΟΜΑΙ (G611) отвечать,
ΈΣΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть. Ind. в
_conj._ 1 типа, в котором говорящий
предполагает реальность условия....
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DISCOURSE: 1654
THE TRUE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM
John 8:39. _If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of
Abraham_.
THERE is in men an extreme readiness to deceive themselves in
reference to t...
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ABRAHAM'S CHILDREN
_Text 8:37-40_
37
I know that ye are Abraham's seed; yet ye seek to kill me, because my
word hath not free course in you.
38
I speak the things which I have seen with my Father...
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EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN
John 8:33-59
The passage for our present consideration continues and completes the
portion studied in our last chapter. It brings before us Christ as the
Light reveal...
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They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith
unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of
Abraham.
THEY ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, ABRAHAM IS OUR FATHE...
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12-29 Nothing would so swiftly and surely prove the undoing of an
impostor as the claim that he always pleases God. Of all living, only
One has been able to stand such a severe test. In the mouth of a...
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THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES CONTINUED. CHRIST THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
John 7:53 to John 8:11. The woman taken in adultery. All modern
critics agree that this section is no original part of the Fourth
Gosp...
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JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS
GOSPEL OF JOHN
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 8
JESUS FORGIVES A WOMAN 8:1-11
V1 But Jesus walked to the place called the Hill of *Olives. V2 Early
next morning, he...
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THEY ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, ABRAHAM IS OUR FATHER. — They feel
the meaning which has not yet been expressed (comp. John 8:44), and
claim the descent from Abraham which He has already allowed (Joh...
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CHAPTER 19
JESUS REJECTED IN JERUSALEM.
“He said therefore again unto them, I go away, and ye shall seek Me,
and shall die in your sin: whither I go, ye cannot come. The Jews
therefore said, Will He...
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To this ambiguous but ominous utterance the Jews reply: Ὁ
πατὴρ ἡμῶν Ἀβραάμ ἐστι, thereby meaning to
clear themselves of the suspicion of having learned anything evil from
their father. To which Jesus...
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_Discussion between Jesus and the Jews regarding their paternity_....
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THE TEST OF SONSHIP
John 8:39-47
Godly ancestors and parents will avail nothing, unless we are animated
by their spirit and do their works. There were in the old world two
families that ran in paral...
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The end of chapter 7 is closely linked with this, in that after
declaring "every man went to his own house," the writer said, "But
Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives."
Here we have the story of a re...
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Not only faith but good works make men children of Abraham. See James,
chap. ii....
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SATANIC PATERNITY OF THE UNREGENERATE
John 8:37-47. _“I know that ye are the seed of Abraham; but you seek
to kill Me, because My Word has no place in you.”_ How sad the
condition of those preachers a...
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“ _They answered and said to him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said
to them, If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of
Abraham._ 40. _But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told yo...
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ADDITIONAL NOTES BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR.
Vv. 30-50.
1. Whether the words of Jesus contained in these verses were spoken on
the same day as those which precede (Meyer) or on the following day
(Godet)...
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4. “I AND YOU”: 8:30-59.
Jesus, in His second discourse (John 8:12-20) attributed to Himself
two modes of teaching: _testimony_, by which He reveals His origin,
His mission, His work, and _judgment_,...
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Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in
my word, then are ye my disciples indeed: (32) And ye shall know the
truth, and the truth shall make you free. (33) They answered...
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The point at which we have arrived gives me an opportunity of saying a
little on the beginning of this chapter, and the end of the last; for
it is well known that many men, and, I am sorry to add, not...
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39._Abraham is our father. _This altercation shows plainly enough how
haughtily and fiercely they despised all Christ’s reproofs. What
they continually claim and vaunt of is, that they are _Abraham’s...
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In chapter 8, as we have said, the word of Jesus is rejected; and, in
chapter 9, His works. But there is much more than that. The personal
glories of chapter 1 are reproduced and developed in all thes...
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THEY ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM,.... On account of his making mention
of a father, whose works they did, and whom they imitated:
ABRAHAM IS OUR FATHER; meaning their only one, nor had they any other:...
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They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith
unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of
Abraham.
Ver. 39. _Abraham is our father_] But it ill appeareth...
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_I know that ye are Abraham's seed_ That ye are descended from
Abraham, as Ishmael and Esau, and their posterity also were, I know;
but what can that avail you, while you are so unlike Abraham, in you...
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IF YE WERE ABRAHAM'S CHILDREN; if ye were like him in faith and
practice....
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THEY ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, ABRAHAM IS OUR FATHER. JESUS SAITH
UNTO THEM, IF YE WERE ABRAHAM'S CHILDREN, YE WOULD DO THE WORKS OF
ABRAHAM....
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The difference between earthly and spiritual parenthood:...
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A WOMAN CAUGHT IN ADULTERY
(vs.1-11)
While others went to their homes, the Lord spent the night in the
mount of Olives, away from all the words and thoughts of men, in the
calm of His Father's prese...
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37-40 Our Lord opposed the proud and vain confidence of these Jews,
showing that their descent from Abraham could not profit those of a
contrary spirit to him. Where the word of God has no place, no...
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ABRAHAM IS OUR FATHER; this was their continual boast, as may be
learned from MATTHEW 3:9; glorying in their birth privilege, Abraham
being the father of the whole Jewish nation; and in their church
p...
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Origen Commentary on John Book VI
What he knew and what he did appears again in those who are his sons,
as the Scripture teaches those who have ears to hear,[12]...
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John 8:39 answered G611 (G5662) and G2532 said G2036 (G5627) Him G846
Abraham G11 is G2076 (G
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CHAPTER 8 JESUS - THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD AND THE ‘I AM' (JOHN 8:12).
In this chapter Jesus is revealed as ‘the Light of the World'. This
is a reminder of the one spoken of in the words of Isaiah, ‘the...
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THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM AND THE CHILDREN OF THE DEVIL (JOHN 8:31).
Note how the argument is presented in stages as the case builds up
against he Scribes and Pharisees. It had begun with the revelation...
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‘They answered and said to him, “Our father is Abraham”.'
His listeners were quick to pick up the fact that He was
distinguishing His Father from theirs. This immediately set them on
their mettle. ‘A...
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‘Jesus says to them, “If you were Abraham's children you would do
the works of Abraham. But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told
you the truth that I have heard from God. This is not what Abrah...
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John 8:39. THEY ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO HIM, ABRAHAM IS OUR FATHER.
This answer shows how their minds are closing against the word of
Jesus. Had they been willing to recognise the true meaning of ‘the...
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The feast of Tabernacles is closed, and with it the great illumination
of the temple-courts, of which the Jews were wont to boast in lofty
terms. Starting from this, and from the fact that He is the t...
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OUR FATHER IS ABRAHAM
(ο πατηρ ημων Αβρααμ εστιν). They saw the
implication and tried to counter it by repeating their claim in verse
John 8:33 which was true so far as physical descent went as Jes...
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John 8:39
The great law which Christ here lays down is that that which is
historically true may be morally false; men may be genealogically
akin, and spiritually alien; natural relation may be forfei...
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John 8:12. _Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light
of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but
shall have the light of life. The Pharisees_
These wasps were a...
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John 8:28. _Then said Jesus unto them;_
That is, to the Jews who were questioning and opposing him,-
John 8:28. _When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know
that I am he, and that I do...
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Christ thus spake to his adversaries.
John 8:29. _And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left
me alone: for I do always those things that please him._
Brethren, what Christ could say, I...
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John 8:31. _Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye
continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed;_
For there were many, in Christ's day, coming to him for a while, and
then...
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We will read, from the Revised Version, two passages which record
attempts made to kill our Lord before his time had come. You will see,
from the sermon, why we read them. (See Luke 4:16)
John 8:37....
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CONTENTS: The woman taken in adultery. Discourse after the feast on
Jesus as Light of the world. Satan, the original liar and murderer,
and the Satanic brotherhood.
CHARACTERS: Jesus, adulterous woma...
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John 8:1. _Jesus went to the mount of Olives,_ where it is probable he
slept in some booth in the gardens; and returned early to the temple,
to preach to the people, before the commencement of public...
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IF YOU REALLY WERE ABRAHAM'S CHILDREN. The things which they did,
disproved their claim to be the children of Abraham. The true
"blood-line" is spiritual (Galatians 3:26-29)....
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_I speak that which I have seen with My Father; and ye do that which
ye have seen with your Father_
THE MARKS OF DIVINE AND DIABOLIC RELATIONSHIP
Christ had admitted (John 8:37) that the Jews were t...
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_Then said Jesus unto those Jews which believed on Him._
A GLORIOUS LIBERATOR
I. FREEDOM PROFFERED.
1. Sin makes bondage (John 8:34; Matthew 6:24; Luke 16:13;...
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JOHN—NOTE ON JOHN 8:39 They were physically descended from Abraham
(v. John 8:37), but they are not truly ABRAHAM’S CHILDREN, for their
behavior contradicts that claim. Abraham’
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VER. 37.. _know_, &c. By nature ye are Abraham's children, but in your
deeds ye are degenerate. Your descent from Abraham will not therefore
profit you. It will increase your damnation, for he will sa...
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_They answered, _...
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_EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES_
John 8:13. They forgot His vindication of Himself (John 5:31).
John 8:14. EVEN IF I BEAR RECORD, ETC.—Although He was content to
let the Father witness of Him, still...
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EXPOSITION
Verses 7:53-8:11
(8) _The pericope adulterae. _(A)_ Excursus on the genuineness of
_John 7:53-43__John 7:53-43. It is our duty to examine the various
grounds on which this passage has been...
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Now Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives. And early in the morning he
came again to the temple (John 8:1-2),
Now the feast is over, but Jesus is returning to the temple on the
next day.
and all of th...
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Galatians 3:29; Galatians 3:7; James 2:22; John 8:33; John 8:37;...
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Children [τ ε κ ν α]. See on 1 12....
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THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD
John 8:12
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. Jesus Christ the Life, was the Light. When we study-John 1:1, we
think of Christ in the beginning as the Word, creating by His command
all thin...