John 8:40. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath spoken to you the truth, which I heard from God: this did not Abraham. The assertions of John 8:37-38 are reiterated, but now with a simple directness that cannot be misunderstood (thus Jesus no longer speaks of ‘the Father' but of God), and with a distinct expression of the contrast (‘this did not Abraham') which in John 8:37 has been merely implied. True kindred to Abraham is therefore impossible in their case.

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