40but now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.


In Context

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

38 I speak what I have seen with my Father, and ye then do what ye have seen with your father.

39 They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus says to them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham;

40 but now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.

41 Ye do the works of your father. They said therefore to him, We are not born of fornication; we have one father, God.

42 Jesus said to them, If God were your father ye would have loved me, for I came forth from God and am come from him; for neither am I come of myself, but he has sent me.

John 8:40 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:40But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:40do the things Abraham did. As it is, you are determined to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do such things.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:40But now you seek to kill me, a man who have spoken the truth to you, which I have heard of God. This Abraham did not.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:40But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:40But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:40But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:40But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham didn't do this.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:40and now, ye seek to kill me — a man who hath spoken to you the truth I heard from God; this Abraham did not;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:40But now you seek to kill me, a man that has told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.