We have Abraham to (for) our father] cp. John 8:33; John 8:39; John 8:53. This insolent spirit is best illustrated by a quotation from the rabbis: 'The fire of hell (Gehenna) has no power to consume even the sinners of Israel, but they go down only to be frightened and slightly singed for their bad actions. Then comes Abraham, who kept all the precepts of the Law, and through his own merit brings them up again.' Of these stones] a hint, not an express statement of the calling of the Gentiles: cp. Romans 4; Romans 9:6; Galatians 4:28; John 8:39.

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