John 8:40
John · New Testament · Chapter 8
“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.”John 8:40
What Does John 8:40 Mean?
John 8:40 is found in the book of John, chapter 8, verse 40 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to John 8:40 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
John 8:26“I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.”Luke 6:41“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?”John 17:17“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.”Galatians 4:29“But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.”Galatians 4:16“Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?”Psalms 37:32“The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.”Proverbs 26:28“A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.”Isaiah 57:3“But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.”Luke 4:29“And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.”John 7:1“After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him.”John 14:10“Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.”John 15:23“He that hateth me hateth my Father also.”Revelation 12:12“Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.”Psalms 37:12“The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth.”Isaiah 48:2“For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name.”John 3:34“For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.”John 8:37“I know that ye are Abraham’s seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you.”John 8:56“Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.”Romans 4:12“And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised.”1 John 3:12“Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.”
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