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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.
John 8:39 — KJV
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John 8:39
King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
John 8:39
Verse 39 of 59
Commentary
Commentary on John 8:39
Theological / DevotionalAbraham is our father. This they had already asserted (see on v. 33). Perhaps they saw the implication of Jesus’ statement in v. 38 and hoped to counter it. Jesus proceeded to show that mere physical descent from the patriarch was no advantage. God values character qualifications. Compare the arguments of Paul in Rom. 2:28, 29; 9:6, 7.
Works of Abraham. The Jews were the physical seed of Abraham, but they were not his spiritual children. A true child bears the moral impress of the father. The Mishnah describes the disciples of Abraham thus: “The disciples of Abraham, our father, [possess] a good eye, an humble spirit and a lowly soul” (Aboth 5. 19, Soncino ed. of the Talmud, P- 72).
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