John 8:40

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • John 8:26 : 26 many things I have to speak concerning you and to judge, but He who sent me is true, and I -- what things I heard from Him -- these I say to the world.'
  • Rev 12:12-13 : 12 because of this be glad, ye heavens, and those in them who do tabernacle; wo to those inhabiting the land and the sea, because the Devil did go down unto you, having great wrath, having known that he hath little time.' 13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast forth to the earth, he pursued the woman who did bring forth the male,
  • Rev 12:17 : 17 and the dragon was angry against the woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, those keeping the commands of God, and having the testimony of Jesus Christ.
  • Rev 12:4 : 4 and his tail doth draw the third of the stars of the heaven, and he did cast them to the earth; and the dragon did stand before the woman who is about to bring forth, that when she may bring forth, her child he may devour;
  • Gal 4:29 : 29 but as then he who was born according to the flesh did persecute him according to the spirit, so also now;
  • 1 John 3:12-15 : 12 not as Cain -- of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother righteous. 13 Do not wonder, my brethren, if the world doth hate you; 14 we -- we have known that we have passed out of the death to the life, because we love the brethren; he who is not loving the brother doth remain in the death. 15 Every one who is hating his brother -- a man-killer he is, and ye have known that no man-killer hath life age-during in him remaining,
  • Ps 37:12 : 12 The wicked is devising against the righteous, And gnashing against him his teeth.
  • Ps 37:32 : 32 The wicked is watching for the righteous, And is seeking to put him to death.
  • John 8:37-38 : 37 `I have known that ye are seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you; 38 I -- that which I have seen with my Father do speak, and ye, therefore, that which ye have seen with your father -- ye do.'
  • John 8:56 : 56 Abraham, your father, was glad that he might see my day; and he saw, and did rejoice.'
  • Rom 4:12 : 12 and father of circumcision to those not of circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of the faith, that `is' in the uncircumcision of our father Abraham.
  • Gal 4:16 : 16 so that your enemy have I become, being true to you?

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  • John 8:37-39
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    37`I have known that ye are seed of Abraham, but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you;

    38I -- that which I have seen with my Father do speak, and ye, therefore, that which ye have seen with your father -- ye do.'

    39They answered and said to him, `Our father is Abraham;' Jesus saith to them, `If children of Abraham ye were, the works of Abraham ye were doing;

  • John 8:41-47
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    41ye do the works of your father.' They said, therefore, to him, `We of whoredom have not been born; one Father we have -- God;'

    42Jesus then said to them, `If God were your father, ye were loving me, for I came forth from God, and am come; for neither have I come of myself, but He sent me;

    43wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word.

    44`Ye are of a father -- the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar -- also his father.

    45`And because I say the truth, ye do not believe me.

    46Who of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me?

    47he who is of God, the sayings of God he doth hear; because of this ye do not hear, because of God ye are not.'

  • John 8:52-58
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    52The Jews, therefore, said to him, `Now we have known that thou hast a demon; Abraham did die, and the prophets, and thou dost say, If any one may keep my word, he shall not taste of death -- to the age!

    53Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who died? and the prophets died; whom dost thou make thyself?'

    54Jesus answered, `If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing; it is my Father who is glorifying me, of whom ye say that He is your God;

    55and ye have not known Him, and I have known Him, and if I say that I have not known Him, I shall be like you -- speaking falsely; but I have known Him, and His word I keep;

    56Abraham, your father, was glad that he might see my day; and he saw, and did rejoice.'

    57The Jews, therefore, said unto him, `Thou art not yet fifty years old, and Abraham hast thou seen?'

    58Jesus said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming -- I am;'

  • John 7:19-20
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    19hath not Moses given you the law? and none of you doth the law; why me do ye seek to kill?'

    20The multitude answered and said, `Thou hast a demon, who doth seek to kill thee?'

  • John 8:32-33
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    32and the truth shall make you free.'

    33They answered him, `Seed of Abraham we are; and to no one have we been servants at any time; how dost thou say -- Ye shall become free?'

  • John 8:19
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    19They said, therefore, to him, `Where is thy father?' Jesus answered, `Ye have neither known me nor my Father: if me ye had known, my Father also ye had known.'

  • Acts 7:52
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    52which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become,

  • John 10:32-33
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    32Jesus answered them, `Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye stone me?'

    33The Jews answered him, saying, `For a good work we do not stone thee, but for evil speaking, and because thou, being a man, dost make thyself God.'

  • John 8:13-14
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    13The Pharisees, therefore, said to him, `Thou of thyself dost testify, thy testimony is not true;'

    14Jesus answered and said to them, `And if I testify of myself -- my testimony is true, because I have known whence I came, and whither I go, and ye -- ye have not known whence I come, or whither I go.

  • Luke 3:8
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    8make, therefore, fruits worthy of the reformation, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have a father -- Abraham; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham;

  • John 5:38-40
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    38and His word ye have not remaining in you, because whom He sent, him ye do not believe.

    39`Ye search the Writings, because ye think in them to have life age-during, and these are they that are testifying concerning me;

    40and ye do not will to come unto me, that ye may have life;

  • John 8:23-26
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    23and he said to them, `Ye are from beneath, I am from above; ye are of this world, I am not of this world;

    24I said, therefore, to you, that ye shall die in your sins, for if ye may not believe that I am `he', ye shall die in your sins.'

    25They said, therefore, to him, `Thou -- who art thou?' and Jesus said to them, `Even what I did speak of to you at the beginning;

    26many things I have to speak concerning you and to judge, but He who sent me is true, and I -- what things I heard from Him -- these I say to the world.'

  • John 8:49-50
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    49Jesus answered, `I have not a demon, but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me;

    50and I do not seek my own glory; there is who is seeking and is judging;

  • John 5:33
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    33ye have sent unto John, and he hath testified to the truth.

  • John 5:18
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    18because of this, then, were the Jews seeking the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the sabbath, but he also called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.

  • Gal 4:16
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    16so that your enemy have I become, being true to you?

  • John 18:34
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    34Jesus answered him, `From thyself dost thou say this? or did others say it to thee about me?'

  • John 18:8
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    8Jesus answered, `I said to you that I am `he'; if, then, me ye seek, suffer these to go away;'

  • John 10:25
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    25Jesus answered them, `I told you, and ye do not believe; the works that I do in the name of my Father, these testify concerning me;

  • Matt 3:9
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    9and do not think to say in yourselves, A father we have -- Abraham, for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise children to Abraham,

  • John 18:37
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    37Pilate, therefore, said to him, `Art thou then a king?' Jesus answered, `Thou dost say `it'; because a king I am, I for this have been born, and for this I have come to the world, that I may testify to the truth; every one who is of the truth, doth hear my voice.'

  • John 5:45
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    45`Do not think that I will accuse you unto the Father; there is who is accusing you, Moses -- in whom ye have hoped;

  • John 10:36
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    36of him whom the Father did sanctify, and send to the world, do ye say -- Thou speakest evil, because I said, Son of God I am?

  • John 8:21
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    21therefore said Jesus again to them, `I go away, and ye will seek me, and in your sin ye shall die; whither I go away, ye are not able to come.'

  • John 7:25
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    25Certain, therefore, of the Jerusalemites said, `Is not this he whom they are seeking to kill?

  • Gen 20:10
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    10Abimelech also saith unto Abraham, `What hast thou seen that thou hast done this thing?'