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I say the things which I have seen with my Father; and you also do the things which you have seen with your father.”
Verse 38. The things that you have seen with your father. That is, you follow the suggestions of the devil, whom, (verse 44) in plain terms, he calls their father. Witham.
They answered him, “Our father is Abraham.” Jesus said to them, “If you were Abraham’s children, you would do the works of Abraham.
Verse 39. Not only faith but good works make men children of Abraham. See James, chapter 2.
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.