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.


In Context

37 I know you are Abraham's descendants. Yet you are ready to kill me, because you have no room for my word.

38 I am telling you what I have seen in the Father's presence, and you do what you have heard from your father. "

39 "Abraham is our father," they answered. "If you were Abraham's children," said Jesus, "then you would

40 do 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.

41 You are doing the things your own father does." "We are not illegitimate children," they protested. "The only Father we have is God himself."

42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:40but 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.

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.