John 8:41

Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Ye	ὑμεῖς hymeîs	G5210	you (as subjective of verb)
do	ποιεῖτε poieite	G4160	to make or do (in a very wide application · verb — present active indicative, 2nd person plural
the deeds	ἔργα erga	G2041	toil (as an effort or occupation) · noun — accusative plural neuter
of your	ὑμῶν hymōn	G5216	of (from or concerning) you
father	πατρὸς patros	G3962	a "father" (literally or figuratively · noun — genitive singular masculine
Then	οὖν oun	G3767	(adverbially) certainly · conjunction
they	εἶπαν eipan	G2036	to speak or say (by word or writing) · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person plural
him	αὐτῷ· autō	G846	the reflexive pronoun self · personal pronoun — dative singular masculine
We	ἡμεῖς hēmeîs	G2249	we (only used when emphatic)
be	γεγεννήμεθα· gegennēmetha	G1080	to procreate (properly · verb — perfect passive indicative, 1st person plural
not	οὐ ou	G3756	the absolute negative (compare G3361 (μή)) adverb · particle — negative
born	γεννάω gennáō	G1080	to procreate (properly
of	ἐκ ek	G1537	literal or figurative · preposition
fornication	πορνείας porneias	G4202	harlotry (including adultery and incest) · noun — genitive singular feminine
have	ἔχομεν echomen	G2192	to hold (used in very various applications · verb — present active indicative, 1st person plural
one	ἕνα hena	G1520	one · adjective — accusative singular masculine
Father	πατέρα patera	G3962	a "father" (literally or figuratively · noun — accusative singular masculine, a title
God	θεόν.¶ theon	G2316	figuratively · noun — accusative singular masculine, a title

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Cross-references

Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Isaiah 63:16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer;…
John 8:38 I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.
John 8:44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth,…
Malachi 2:11 Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD…
Exodus 4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
Deuteronomy 14:1 Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead.
Deuteronomy 32:6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 8:38-47

Here Christ and the Jews are still at issue; he sets himself to convince and convert them, while they still set themselves to contradict and oppose him. I. He here traces the difference between his sentiments and theirs to a different rise and origin (Joh 8:38): I speak that which I have seen with my Father, and you do what you have seen with your father. Here are two fathers spoken of, according to the two families into which the sons of men are divided - God and the devil, and without controversy these are contrary the one to the other. 1. Christ's doctrine was from heaven; it was copied out of the counsels of infinite wisdom, and the kind intentions of eternal love. (1.) I speak that whic…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 8:41

We be not born of fornication . . . we have one Father, God--meaning, as is generally allowed, that they were not an illegitimate race in point of religion, pretending only to be God's people, but were descended from His own chosen Abraham.

Adam Clarke on John 8:41

Ye do the deeds of your father - You have certainly another father than Abraham - one who has instilled his own malignant nature into you; and, as ye seek to murder me for telling you the truth, ye must be the offspring of him who was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not in the truth, Joh 8:44. We be not born of fornication - We are not a mixed, spurious breed - our tribes and families have been kept distinct - we are descended from Abraham by his legal wife Sarah; and we are no idolaters. We have one Father, even God - In the spiritual sense of father and son, we are not a spurious, that is, an idolatrous race; because we acknowledge none as our spiritual father, and worship none as…

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John Gill on John 8:41

Ye do the deeds of your father,.... Not Abraham, but the devil. Then said they unto him, we be not born of fornication: meaning either literally, that they were not a brood of bastards, children of whoredom, illegitimately begotten in unlawful copulation, or wedlock; or figuratively, that they were not the children of idolaters, idolatry being called fornication in Scripture; but that they were the holy seed of Israel, and children of the prophets, who had retained the pure word, and the true worship of God, though in all this they might have been contradicted and refuted; to which they add, we have one Father, even God; Israel being called by God his Son, and firstborn to them belonged th…

The Church Fathers

Ye do the works of your father.
— Origen of Alexandria ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

(Tr. xlii. 6) He does not say as yet who is their father.
— Augustine of Hippo ((as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)), Catena Aurea by Aquinas

I ask whether those Jews who are said to have believed in him do not respond rather vindictively, because they were reproved as not being children of Abraham, by hinting in a veiled manner that the Savior was born of fornication. They assume this as probable because they do not accept his famous and widely discussed birth from the Virgin.
— Origen of Alexandria, COMMENTARY ON THE GOSPEL OF JOHN 20.128

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Dictionary and topics

Father — A name applied (1) to any ancestor (Deut. 1:11; 1 Kings 15:11; Matt. 3:9; 23:30, etc.); and (2) as a title of respect to a chief, ruler, or elder, etc. (Judg. 17:10; 18:19; 1 Sam. 10:12; 2 Kings…
Jews, The · National character of: Pride of descent, & c — National character of: Pride of descent, & c
Self-Delusion · .Jews — .Jews
Self-Righteousness · .Pharisees — .Pharisees

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

John 8:41

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 8:38-47

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 8:41

Adam Clarke on John 8:41

John Gill on John 8:41

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John 8:41

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on John 8:38-47

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on John 8:41

Adam Clarke on John 8:41

John Gill on John 8:41

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on John 8:39-42

Tyndale Open Study Notes on John 8:41