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Butδὲnowνῦνyou are seekingζητεῖτέto killἀποκτεῖναιme,μεa manἄνθρωπονwhoὃςhas toldλελάληκαyouὑμῖνthe truthτὴν ἀλήθειανthatἣνI heardἤκουσαfromπαρὰGod.τοῦ θεοῦThisτοῦτοAbrahamἈβραὰμdid notοὐκdo.ἐποίησεν
John 8:40
Study it in the app“But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. This Abraham did not do.”
With the Greek beneath
John 8:40, word by word
- you are seekingζητεῖτέzēteite
try
To try for something; to be after someone's life is to plan to kill them.
Where else “zēteite” appears- to killἀποκτεῖναιapokteinai
kill
Kill.
Where else “apokteinai” appears- a manἄνθρωπονanthrōpon
person
A person, man or woman.
Where else “anthrōpon” appears- has toldλελάληκαlelalēka
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “lelalēka” appears- the truthἀλήθειανalētheian
truth
What God reveals of himself and his plan, received by believing.
Where else “alētheian” appears- I heardἤκουσαēkousa
hear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “ēkousa” appears- Godθεοῦtheou
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appears- AbrahamἈβραὰμAbraam
Abraham
Abraham, the father of the people of Israel, to whom God promised to bless all the families of the earth through his offspring.
Where else “Abraam” appears- doἐποίησενepoiēsen
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “epoiēsen” appears
The context
39They answered and said to him, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus says to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would be doing the works of Abraham.
40 · This verse (above)
41You are doing the works of your father.” They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality; we have one Father: God.”
To study John 8 in a group
1. What it says
When the woman caught in adultery is brought to him, what does Jesus say to her accusers, and what does he say to her at the end? (vv. 3-11)
2. What it means
Jesus says, “I am the light of the world” and “the truth will set you free.” What link is there between remaining in his word and freedom? (vv. 12, 31-36)
3. How I live it
The accusers left one by one when Jesus spoke about sin (v. 9). When is it your turn to look at yourself before pointing at others?