In John 8.41, did the Jews accuse the Lord of being “born of fornication?”<\/p>\n\t
You are reading more into the exchange than was stated.<\/p>\n
\n\n\nThey said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God”<\/em> ” (John 8:37-41).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Jesus stated that he knew they were wanting to kill him because they did not believe what he was teaching. Jesus then made a distinction between his Father and their father.\u00a0 Jesus had just stated that he knew they were Abraham’s descendants; thus, the crowd’s response to the claim they were trying to kill him was that since they were Abraham’s descendants, they would never do such a thing.<\/p>\n
But Jesus points out that they are not following the practices of Abraham. Abraham would never consider killing a man who is telling the truth received from God, since the Jews were plotting to do this very thing, they must have a different father than Jesus.<\/p>\n
The crowd’s response of “We were not born of fornication” is a claim that they were not involved in idolatry. In the Old Testament, harlotry and idolatry were closely connected ideas.<\/p>\n
“When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, “Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for the land commits flagrant harlotry, forsaking the LORD”<\/em> ” (Hosea 1:2).<\/p>\n
“Also, I will have no compassion on her children, because they are children of harlotry<\/em>” (Hosea 2:4).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
This is why the Jews asserted that they were children of God. Heathens might kill people for teaching God’s truth, but they insisted that they weren’t heathens.<\/p>\n
In this exchange, the Jews were attempting to defend themselves. There is no indication that they were trying to turn the accusations against them onto Jesus.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Question: In John 8.41, did the Jews accuse the Lord of being “born of fornication?” Answer: You are reading more into the exchange than was stated. They said to Him, “We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God” ” (John 8:37-41). Jesus stated that he knew they were wanting to kill him…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[73,959],"class_list":["post-37047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-jesus","tag-john"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49546,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-freedom-of-truth\/","url_meta":{"origin":37047,"position":0},"title":"The Freedom of Truth","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 24, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Text: John 8:30-59 \u00a0 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Many began to believe on Jesus - John 8:30-31 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jesus said that if they would live in the words of Jesus, then they would truly be his disciples - John 8:32 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Obedience to his teaching would cause them to know the truth.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Audio"","block_context":{"text":"Audio","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/audio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":5177,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/was-jesus-created-since-he-is-the-firstborn-of-creation\/","url_meta":{"origin":37047,"position":1},"title":"Was Jesus created since he is the firstborn of creation?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 8, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Throughout the Scriptures, the Holy Spirit and Jesus are mentioned. For clarity, I wanted to know if the Holy Spirit and Jesus were created by God or were they ever in existence. Many people use the analogy that all three are of one body, but the Bible says that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":32758,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/were-esau-and-ishmaels-descendants-considered-gentiles\/","url_meta":{"origin":37047,"position":2},"title":"Were Esau and Ishmael’s descendants considered Gentiles?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 4, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: We are studying Genesis 36 and the generations of Esau.\u00a0 Several questions arose that have generated some good discussion, but we are needing some help. The questions asked \"Were Esau and Ishmael's families considered Gentiles? Or were they Jews?\u00a0 We are a little confused about when the Jewish nation\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":20352,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/ye-are-gods\/","url_meta":{"origin":37047,"position":3},"title":"Ye Are Gods","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 22, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"by Joe R. Price via\u00a0Guardian of Truth\u00a0XL: 3 p. 6-7, February 1, 1996 In the last year of Jesus' life, during the Feast of Dedication (present-day Hanukkah), unbelieving individuals confronted him and demanded of him a plain declaration that he was the Christ (John 10:22-24). Like ravenous wolves, the Jewish\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/top_28_bmp-242x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7711,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/did-jesus-become-the-only-begotten-of-god-at-his-baptism\/","url_meta":{"origin":37047,"position":4},"title":"Did Jesus become the only begotten of God at his baptism?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 5, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: It appears Christ was only begotten by God at his baptism. Please respond. Answer: The Greek word translated as \"only begotten\" is monogenes. It is a compound word meaning \u201cthe only one of a race\u201d or \u201cthe only born.\u201d In literature, it is used to refer an only child\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":55837,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/did-the-father-abandon-jesus-on-the-cross\/","url_meta":{"origin":37047,"position":5},"title":"Did the Father Abandon Jesus on the Cross?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"November 16, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"by Maurice Barnett The theological doctrine that the Father abandoned Jesus while on the cross is based on the following: First, the\u00a0imputation theory\u00a0that all of man's sins were\u00a0transferred\u00a0to Jesus while He was on the Cross; God was so enraged against sin that when Jesus became sin-laden on the Cross, the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/cross.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37047\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}