John Chapter 8, Verse 40
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40: νυν δε ζητειτε με αποκτειναι ανθρωπον ος την αληθειαν υμιν λελαληκα ην ηκουσα παρα του θεου τουτο αβρααμ ουκ εποιησεν
40: But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the
truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
40: But 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.
Ye seek to kill me. See Jn 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:
1st. In seeking to kill him, or in possessing a murderous and bloody purpose.
2nd. In rejecting the truth as God revealed it. Abraham was distinguished for love to man as well as God. He liberated the captives (Gen 14:14ff); was distinguished for hospitality to strangers (Gen 18:1ff); and received the revelations of God to him, however mysterious, or however trying their observance, Gen 12:1ff, Gen 15:4ff; Gen 22:1ff. It was for these things that he is so much commended in the New Testament (Rom 4:9, Rom 9:9 Gal 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.
