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John 8:41

King James Version (KJV)

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John 8:41

Verse 41 of 59

Scripture focus

Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.

John 8:41 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on John 8:41

Theological / Devotional

Your father. Jesus had already informed the Jews that His Father was not their father (v. 38), but had not yet identified their father as the devil (see v. 44). They probably saw the implication and hastened to deny it.

Of fornication. There is doubtless a taunt here at the supposed circumstances of Jesus’ birth, the implication being that Jesus was born of fornication.

Even God. If it was spiritual ancestry that Jesus was referring to, then the Jews claimed as much as did Jesus. The idea that God was the father of Israel was not new (see Deut. 32:6; Isa. 64:8; etc.).

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