Parallel Verses English Standard Version You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies. King James Bible Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. American Standard Version Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof. Douay-Rheims Bible You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and he stood not in the truth; because truth is not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof. English Revised Version Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof. Webster's Bible Translation Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do: he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. Weymouth New Testament The father whose sons you are is the Devil; and you desire to do what gives him pleasure. *He* was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth--for there is no truth in him. Whenever he utters his lie, he utters it out of his own store; for he is a liar, and the father of lies. John 8:44 Parallel Commentary Vincent's Word StudiesYe (ὑμεῖς) Emphatic, in contrast with ἡμεῖς, we, of John 8:41. Of your father (ἐκ) Very suggestive, implying community of nature, as in John 8:42. Compare 1 John 3:8, 1 John 3:10. The Devil See on Matthew 4:1. John uses Satan only once in the Gospel (John 13:27), frequently in Revelation, and nowhere in the Epistles. A few critics have adopted the very singular rendering, which the Greek will bear, ye are of the father of the devil. This is explained by charging John with Gnosticism, and making him refer to the Demiurge, a mysterious and inferior being descended from God, by whom God, according to the Gnostics, created the universe, and who had rebelled against God, and was the father of Satan. It is only necessary to remark with Meyer that such a view is both unbiblical and un-Johannine. Lusts (ἐπιθυμίας) See on Mark 4:19. Ye will do (θέλετε ποιεῖν) Wrong. Properly, ye will to do. Rev., it is your will to do. See on John 7:17. Murderer (ἀνθρωποκτόνος) Only here and 1 John 3:15. Literally, a manslayer; from ἄνθρωπος, man, and κτείνω, to kill. The epithet is applied to Satan, not with reference to the murder of Abel, but to the fact of his being the author of death to the race. Compare Romans 7:8, Romans 7:11; Hebrews 2:14. From the beginning Of the human race. continued... Treasury of Scripture Knowledge are. John 6:70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? He was. 1 Chronicles 21:1 And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. and abode. Jude 1:6 And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation... When. Genesis 3:4,5 And the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die... Job 1:11 But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face. Cross References Genesis 3:4 But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. 2 Chronicles 18:21 And he said, 'I will go out, and will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' And he said, 'You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do so.' Matthew 12:34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Matthew 13:15 For this people's heart has grown dull, and with their ears they can barely hear, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.' Matthew 13:38 The field is the world, and the good seed is the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one, John 6:70 Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil." John 7:17 If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority. Jump to Previous Abode Beginning Belong Carry Children Desire Desires Devil Evil Father's Firm First Gives Holding Language Lie Murderer Native Nature Pleasure Speaketh Speaks Stand Taker Thereof Truth Utters True. Want WheneverJump to Next Abode Beginning Belong Carry Children Desire Desires Devil Evil Father's Firm First Gives Holding Language Lie Murderer Native Nature Pleasure Speaketh Speaks Stand Taker Thereof Truth Utters True. Want WheneverLinks John 8:44 NIVJohn 8:44 NLT John 8:44 ESV John 8:44 NASB John 8:44 KJV John 8:44 Bible Apps John 8:44 Biblia Paralela John 8:44 Chinese Bible John 8:44 French Bible John 8:44 German Bible Bible Hub ESV Text Edition: 2016. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. |
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