John 8:40
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
But now you seek to kill me, a man that has told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
American King James Version (AKJV)
But now you seek to kill me, a man that has told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
American Standard Version (ASV)
But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
But now you have a desire to put me to death, a man who has said to you what is true, as I had it from God: Abraham did not do that.
Webster's Revision
But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.
World English Bible
But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham didn't do this.
English Revised Version (ERV)
But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.
Barnes's John 8:40 Bible Commentary
Ye seek to kill me - See John 8:37.
This did not Abraham - Or such things Abraham did not do. There are two things noted here in which they differed from Abraham:
1. In seeking to kill him, or in possessing a murderous and bloody purpose.
2. In rejecting the truth as God revealed it. Abraham was distinguished for love to man as well as God. He liberated the captives Genesis 14:14-16; was distinguished for hospitality to strangers Genesis 18:1-8; and received the revelations of God to him, however mysterious, or however trying their observance, Genesis 12:1-4; Genesis 15:4-6; 22. It was for these things that he is so much commended in the New Testament Romans 4:9; Romans 9:9; Galatians 3:6; and, as the Jews sought to kill Jesus instead of treating him hospitably and kindly, they showed that they had none of the spirit of Abraham.
