John 8:40
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
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.
In context
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.
John 8:40 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and now, ye seek to kill me — a man who hath spoken to you the truth I heard from God; this Abraham did not;
- DBY Darby Translation
- but now ye seek to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard from God: this did not Abraham.