John 8:37 Parallel Translations

I know that you're Abraham's descendants. However, you want to kill me because you don't like what I'm saying.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

ASV:

I know that ye are Abraham's seed: yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.

BBE:

I am conscious that you are Abraham's seed; but you have a desire to put me to death because my word has no place in you.

DBY:

I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no entrance in you.

ERV:

I know that ye are Abraham's seed; yet ye seek to kill me, because my word hath not free course in you.

WEY:

You are descendants of Abraham, I know; but you want to kill me, because my teaching gains no ground within you.

WBS:

I know that ye are Abraham's offspring; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.

WEB:

I know that you are Abraham's seed, yet you seek to kill me, because my word finds no place in you.

YLT:

'I have known that ye are seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you;

John 8:37 Cross References

XREF:

Matthew 3:9 and do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father'; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.

John 7:1 After these things Jesus was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him.

John 8:39 They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus said to them, "If you are Abraham's children, do the deeds of Abraham.

John 8:40 "But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

8:37 {13} I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.
(13) Our wicked manners declare that we are obviously born of a wicked nature: but we are changed, and made part of the household of God according to the covenant which he made with Abraham by Christ alone, apprehended and laid hold on by faith: and this faith is known by a godly and honest life.

PNT:

8:37 I know that ye are Abraham's seed. According to the flesh, but not according to the spirit. Abraham had no such spirit as they.

WES:

8:37 I know that ye are Abraham's offspring - As to the other branch of your objection, I know that, ye are Abraham's offspring, after the flesh; but not in a spiritual sense. Ye are not followers of the faith of Abraham: my word hath no place in your hearts.

MHC:

8:37-40 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 good is to be expected; room is left there for all wickedness. A sick person who turns from his physician, and will take neither remedies nor food, is past hope of recovery. The truth both heals and nourishes the hearts of those who receive it. The truth taught by philosophers has not this power and effect, but only the truth of God. Those who claim the privileges of Abraham, must do Abraham's works; must be strangers and sojourners in this world; keep up the worship of God in their families, and always walk before God.

CONC:

Abraham's Conscious Course Death Descendants Desire Entrance Finds Free Gains Ground Kill Offspring Ready Room Seed Seek Teaching Within Yet

Abraham Abraham's Conscious Course Descendants Desire Entrance Finds Free Gains Ground Kill Offspring Ready Seed Seek Teaching Want Within Word

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