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Youὑμεῖςare doingποιεῖτεthe worksτὰ ἔργαof your father.”τοῦ πατρὸς ὑμῶνThey saidεἶπανto him,αὐτῷ“WeἩμεῖςwere notοὐbornγεγεννήμεθαofἐκsexual immorality;πορνείαςwe haveἔχομενoneἕναFather:πατέραGod.”τὸν θεόν
John 8:41
Study it in the app“You are doing the works of your father.” They said to him, “We were not born of sexual immorality; we have one Father: God.””
With the Greek beneath
John 8:41, word by word
- are doingποιεῖτεpoieite
do
To carry out an action or cause an effect.
Where else “poieite” appears- the worksἔργαerga
deed
What someone does, their conduct.
Where else “erga” appears- of your fatherπατρὸςpatros
Father
God, who gives life and cares for his own; the Father of Jesus.
Where else “patros” appears- They saidεἶπανeipan
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “eipan” appears- bornγεγεννήμεθαgegennēmetha
be born
To give birth, or come into the world.
Where else “gegennēmetha” appears- sexual immoralityπορνείαςporneias
sexual immorality
Having sex outside marriage.
Where else “porneias” appears- we haveἔχομενechomen
have
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echomen” appears- oneἕναhena
single
Just one, or united as one.
Where else “hena” appears- Godθεόνtheon
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theon” appears
Translation note
Perhaps they are hinting at something about Jesus’ birth; in the OT unfaithfulness to God is also called this (Hosea 2:4).
The context
40But 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.
41 · This verse (above)
42Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came forth from God and am here; for I have not come on my own, but he sent me.
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?