John 8:37-47
“Notice what you notice.” Wow! It is becoming more clear to me that when John mentions “the Jews” that he is speaking of the religious leaders. So effectively from yesterday, a few of the Jews had begun to follow Him, but had turned away again when Jesus talked about them being “free indeed”. The Jews only speak two short sentences in today’s passage, but in each of those sentences they are again defending / justifying themselves. Their antagonism toward Jesus will reach a new level tomorrow!
I’m not sure I ever noticed the link between Jesus’ claim that the Jews wanted to kill Him and His claim of the devil being a murderer from the beginning. When He says You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father… (v. 44), He is connecting them directly to (1) the devil being a murderer, (2) the devil being their father, and (3) their desire to kill Him. Interesting.
It’s a late evening – enough for today…
Slava Bohu!