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John 8:40
But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.
John 8:40 · Berean Standard Bible
John 8:40 in other translations
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.
But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham didn’t do this.
But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.
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In context
37 I know you are Abraham’s descendants, but you are trying to kill Me because My word has no place within you.
38 I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”
39 “Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.
40 But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.
41 You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”
42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.
43 Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
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