John 8:40 (WEB)
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.
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Origen
“…terms of similar import; and when He says respecting His being clothed with a human body, “And now ye seek to kill Me, a man that hath told you the truth,” conclude that He was a kind of compound being.” — editor's note: Cf. John viii. 40.
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“…to that in Him which is understood to be man, such as, “But now ye seek to kill Me, a man that hath told you the truth which I have heard of the Father.”” — editor's note: John viii. 40.
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“And Jesus Himself, who knew perfectly that one who was to die must be a man, said to His accusers: “But now ye seek to kill Me, a man that hath spoken unto you the truth which I heard of God.”” — editor's note: John viii. 40.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“Wherefore also the Angel, when informing Joseph of the destruction of the enemies of the Lord, said, “They are dead which sought the young Child’s life,” (or “soul”): and the Lord says to the Jews, “Ye seek to kill Me, a man that hath told you the truth.”” — editor's note: S. John viii. 40. This is the only passage in which our Lord speaks of Himself by this term.
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Tertullian
“…my Father, and ye do that which ye have seen with your father;” “but now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth which I have heard of God;” and again, “If God were your Father, ye would love me, for I proceeded forth and came from God,” (still they are not hereby separated, although He declares…” — editor's note: Ver. 40.
Read the whole comment“…what substance Christ Himself spoke when He called Himself man and the Son of man, saying: “But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth;” and “The Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath-day.”” — editor's note: John viii. 40.
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John Damascene
“He says, indeed, Himself, Why seek ye to kill Me, a Man that hath told you the truth?” — editor's note: St. John viii. 40.
Read the whole comment“The second declares His human nature, as, Now ye seek to kill Me, a man that hath told you the truth, and Even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, and the like.” — editor's note: Ibid. vii. 19; viii. 40.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Since God then beareth witness, and the Holy Ghost joins in the witness, and Christ says, Why do ye seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth? let the heretics be silenced who speak against His humanity, for they speak against Him, who saith, Handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones,…” — editor's note: John vii. 19; viii. 40.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Why, then, doth truth beget hatred and that man of thine, preaching the truth become an enemy unto them, whereas a happy life is loved, which is naught else but joy in the truth; unless that truth is loved in such a…” — editor's note: John viii. 40.
Read the whole comment“This did not Abraham.”” — editor's note: John viii. 39, 40.
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“For the Lord said to the Jews “Why do ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard of my Father?”” — editor's note: John viii. 40. Note the looseness of citation.
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Ambrose of Milan
“As also He says in the Gospel: “Why do ye seek to kill Me, a man?”” — editor's note: S. John viii. 40.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“But once for all ‘at the consummation of the ages, to put away sin’ ‘the Word was made flesh’ and proceeded forth from Mary the Virgin, Man after our likeness, as also He said to the Jews, ‘Wherefore seek ye to kill Me, a man that hath told you the truth?’” — editor's note: Ib. viii. 40.
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John Chrysostom
“And therefore He continueth to check them in these two ways, by reproving their evil daring, and saying, “Why go ye about to kill Me?” and by modestly calling Himself, “A Man that hath told you the truth” ( c. viii. 40 ), and by showing that murderers in heart are not worthy to judge others.” — the author cites it
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John Cassian
“For the same Person says this to Christians by His Apostle, who had Himself said something very like it to Jews in the gospel, when He said: “But now ye seek to kill me, a man, who have spoken the truth to you, which I heard of God: for I am not come of Myself, but He sent me.”” — editor's note: S. John viii. 40, 42.
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Catena Aurea on John
- Augustine of HippoCatena Aurea on John
The Jews had asserted they were free, because they were Abraham’s seed. Our Lord replies, I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; as if to say, I know that ye are the sons of Abraham, but according to the flesh, not…
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He says this, that they might not attempt to answer, that they had no sin. He reminds them of a present sin; a sin which they had been meditating for some time past, and which was actually at this moment in their…
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That is, hath not place in your heartc, because your heart does not take it in. The word of God to the believing, is like the hook to the fish; it takes when it is taken: and that not to the injury of those who are…
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He does not say, Ye do not take in My word, but My word has not room in you; shewing the depth of His doctrines. But they might say; What if thou speakest of thyself? So He adds, I speak that which I have seen of My…
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Our Lord by His Father wishes us to understand God: as if to say, I have seen the truth, I speak the truth, because I am the truth. If our Lord then speaks the truth which He saw with the Father, it is Himself that…
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This is proof that our Saviour was witness to what was done with the Father: whereas men, to whom the revelation is made, were not witnesses.
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But when you hear, I speak that which I have seen, do not think it means bodily vision, but innate knowledge, sure, and approved. For as the eyes when they see an object, see it wholly and correctly; so I speak with…
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As yet He has not named their father; He mentioned Abraham indeed a little above, but now He is going to mention another father, viz. the devil: whose sons they were, in so far as they were wicked, not as being men.…
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Another reading has, And1 do ye do that which ye have seen with your father; as if to say, As I both in word and deed declare unto you the Father, so do ye by your works shew forth Abraham.
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Also another reading has; And do ye do what ye have heard from the Father. All that was written in the Law and the Prophets they had heard from the Father. He who takes this reading, may use it to prove against them…
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As if to say, What art thou going to say against Abraham? They seem to be inviting Him to say something in disparagement of Abraham; and so to give them an opportunity of executing their purpose.
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Our Saviour denies that Abraham is their father: Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham’s children, ye would do the works of Abraham.
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And yet He says above, I know that ye are Abraham’s seed. So He does not deny their origin, but condemns their deeds. Their flesh was from him; their life was not.
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Or we may explain the difficulty thus. Above it is in the Greek, I know that ye are Abraham’s seed. So let us examine whether there is not a difference between a bodily seed and a child. It is evident that a seed…
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This truth, that is, that He was equal to the Father: for it was this that moved the Jews to kill Him. To shew, however, that this doctrine is not opposed to the Father, He adds, Which I have heard from God.
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Because He Himself, Who is the truth, was begotten of God the Father, to hear, being in fact the same with to be from the Father.
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To kill Me, He says, a man. I say nothing now of the Son of God, nothing of the Word, because the Word cannot die; I speak only of that which ye see. It is in your power to kill that which you see, and offend Him…
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As if to say, By this you prove that you are not the sons of Abraham; that you do works contrary to those of Abraham.
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It might seem to some, that it were superfluous to say that Abraham did not this; for it were impossible that it should be; Christ was not born at that time. But we may remind them, that in Abraham’s time there was a…
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He does not say as yet who is their father.
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Our Lord says this with a view to put down their vain boasting of their descent; and persuade them to vest their hopes of salvation no longer on the natural relationship, but on the adoption. For this it was which…
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Cited together in Confessions X.23.
Cited together in Confessions X.23 and 1 other place.
Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 15.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.18.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.16.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.16.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.16.
Cited together in Confessions X.23.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.16.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.16.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.16.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.16.
Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 15.
Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 15.
Cited together in Confessions X.23.
Cited together in Confessions X.23.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.16.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.16.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.16.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.18.
Cited together in Against Celsus VII.16 and 1 other place.
Cited together in Against Celsus I.66.
Cited together in On the Flesh of Christ Chapter 15.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith V.16.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.18.
Cited together in An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith III.18.