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The Book of John - Chapter 8:39-47 - (ESV)

You Are of Your Father the Devil - {Interlinear <Greek>}

39 - They → answered {Ἀπεκρίθησαν<apokrinomai>} • {καὶ<kai>} • {εἶπαν<legō>} him, {αὐτῷ·<autos>} “Abraham {Ἁβραάμ<Habraam>} is {ἐστιν.<eimi>} our {ἡμῶν<egō>} father.” {ὁ πατὴρ<ho patēr>} Jesus {ὁ Ἰησοῦς·<ho Iēsous>} said {λέγει<legō>} to → them, {αὐτοῖς<autos>} “If {εἰ<ei>} → were {ἐστε,<eimi>} Abraham’s {τοῦ Ἁβραάμ <ho Habraam>} children, {τέκνα<teknon>} you → would → be → doing {ἐποιεῖτε.<poieō>} the {τὰ<ho>} works {ἔργα<ergon>} Abraham {τοῦ Ἁβραὰμ<ho Habraam>} did, •

40 - but {δὲ<de>} now {νῦν<nyn>} you → seek {ζητεῖτέ<zēteō>} to → kill {ἀποκτεῖναι, <apokteinō>} me, {με<egō>} a → man {ἄνθρωπον<anthrōpos>} who {ὃς<hos>} has → told {λελάληκα<laleō>} you {ὑμῖν<sy>} the {τὴν<ho>} truth {ἀλήθειαν<alētheia>} that {ἣν<hos>} I → heard {ἤκουσα<akouō>} from {παρὰ<para>} God. {τοῦ θεοῦ·<ho theos>} This {τοῦτο<houtos>} is • not {οὐκ<ou>} what • Abraham {Ἁβραὰμ<Habraam>} did. {ἐποίησεν.<poieō>}

41 - You {ὑμεῖς<sy>} are → doing {ποιεῖτε<poieō>} the {τὰ<ho>} works {ἔργα <ergon>} your {ὑμῶν.<sy>} father {τοῦ πατρὸς<ho patēr>} did.” • They → said {εἶπον<legō>} to → him, {αὐτῷ·<autos>} “We {ἡμεῖς<egō>} were → not {οὐ<ou>} born {γεγεννήμεθα·<gennaō>} of {ἐκ<ek>} sexual immorality. {πορνείας<porneia>} We → have {ἔχομεν<echō>} one {ἕνα<heis>} Father — {πατέρα<patēr>} even • God.” {τὸν θεόν.<ho theos>}

42 - Jesus {ὁ Ἰησοῦς·<ho Iēsous>} said {Εἶπεν<legō>} to → them, {αὐτοῖς<autos>} “If {εἰ<ei>} God {ὁ θεὸς<ho theos>} were {ἦν,<eimi>} your {ὑμῶν<sy>} Father, {πατὴρ <patēr>} you → would → love {ἠγαπᾶτε ἂν<agapaō an>} me, {ἐμέ·<egō>} for {γὰρ <gar>} I {ἐγὼ<egō>} came {ἐξῆλθον<exerchomai>} from {ἐκ<ek>} God {τοῦ θεοῦ<ho theos>} and {καὶ<kai>} I am here. {ἥκω.<hēkō>} I → came {ἐλήλυθα,<erchomai>} not {οὐδὲ<oude>} • {γὰρ <gar>} of → my {ἐμαυτοῦ<emautou>} own ← accord, {ἀπ᾽ <apo>} but {ἀλλ᾽<alla>} he {ἐκεῖνός<ekeinos>} sent {ἀπέστειλεν.<apostellō>} me. {με <egō>}

43 - Why {διὰ τί<diatis>} do → you → not {οὐ<ou>} understand {γινώσκετε; <ginōskō>} what {τὴν<ho>} I {τὴν ἐμὴν<ho emos>} say? {λαλιὰν<lalia>} It • is • because {ὅτι<hoti>} you → cannot {οὐ δύνασθε<ou dynamai>} bear • to → hear {ἀκούειν<akouō>} my {τὸν ἐμόν.<ho emos>} word. {τὸν λόγον<ho logos>}

44 - You {ὑμεῖς<sy>} are {ἐστὲ<eimi>} of {ἐκ<ek>} your • father {τοῦ πατρὸς<ho patēr>} the {τοῦ<ho>} devil, {διαβόλου<diabolos>} and {καὶ<kai>} your → will {θέλετε<thelō>} is ← to → do {ποιεῖν.<poieō>} your {ὑμῶν<sy>} father’s {τοῦ πατρὸς<ho patēr>} desires. {τὰς ἐπιθυμίας<ho epithymia>} He {ἐκεῖνος<ekeinos>} was {ἦν<eimi>} a → murderer {ἀνθρωποκτόνος<anthrōpoktonos>} from {ἀπ᾽<apo>} the → beginning, {ἀρχῆς<archē>} and {καὶ<kai>} does → not {οὐκ<ou>} stand {ἔστηκεν,<histēmi>} in {ἐν<en>} the {τῇ<ho>} truth, {ἀληθείᾳ<alētheia>} because {ὅτι<hoti>} there → is {ἔστιν<eimi>} no {οὐκ<ou>} truth {ἀλήθεια<alētheia>} in {ἐν<en>} him. {αὐτῷ.<autos>} When {ὅταν<hotan>} he → lies, {λαλῇ τὸ ψεῦδος,<laleō ho pseudos>} he → speaks {λαλεῖ,<laleō>} out of {ἐκ<ek>} his → own {τῶν ἰδίων <ho idios>} character, ← for {ὅτι<hoti>} he → is {ἐστὶν<eimi>} a → liar {ψεύστης <pseustēs>} and {καὶ<kai>} the {ὁ<ho>} father {πατὴρ<patēr>} • {αὐτοῦ.<autos>} of • lies. •

45 - But {δὲ<de>} because {ὅτι<hoti>} I {ἐγὼ<egō>} tell {λέγω,<legō>} the {τὴν <ho>} truth, {ἀλήθειαν<alētheia>} you → do → not {οὐ<ou>} believe {πιστεύετέ <pisteuō>} me. {μοι. <egō>}

46 - Which one {τίς<tis>} of {ἐξ<ek>} you {ὑμῶν<sy>} convicts {ἐλέγχει<elenchō>} me {με<egō>} of {περὶ<peri>} sin? {ἁμαρτίας;<hamartia>} If {εἰ<ei>} I → tell {λέγω, <legō>} the → truth, {ἀλήθειαν<alētheia>} why {διὰ τί<dia tis>} do → you {ὑμεῖς<sy>} not {οὐ<ou>} believe {πιστεύετέ<pisteuō>} me? {μοι;<egō>}

47 - Whoever {ὁ<ho>} is {ὢν<eimi>} of {ἐκ<ek>} God {τοῦ θεοῦ<ho theos>} hears {ἀκούει·<akouō>} the {τὰ<ho>} words {ῥήματα<rhēma>} of → God. {τοῦ θεοῦ <ho theos>} The reason why {διὰ τοῦτο<dia houtos>} you {ὑμεῖς<sy>} do → not {οὐκ <ou>} hear {ἀκούετε,<akouō>} them • is • that {ὅτι<hoti>} you → are {ἐστέ.<eimi>} not {οὐκ<ou>} of {ἐκ<ek>} God.” {τοῦ θεοῦ<ho theos>}

John 8:31–59 -

Jesus promises a freedom that no one else can give based on truth that he alone possesses. As the Messiah, he has come to set prisoners free (Luke 4:16–21; Isa. 61:1–3). True freedom can be found only in the “right paternity”: not everyone who claims Abraham as their father has God as their Father, “for not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel” (Rom. 9:6). None can claim God as their Father who won’t have his Son as their Savior.

If our spiritual genealogy includes only our earthly heritage (as was true of the “children of Abraham” in this passage), we may be religious, but we are still spiritual orphans. True spiritual heritage requires a connection to one who existed long before Abraham, namely, Jesus: “before Abraham was, I am” (John 8:58). Only through the gospel can we be rescued from the dominion of darkness (Col. 1:13), where Satan is father, and be brought into the family of God, where we are given the full rights and delights of the children of God (John 1:12; Gal. 4:5; 1 John 3:1–3).

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John 8:31–59

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The Book of John - Chapter 8:39-47 - (ESV)

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