41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
41 You are doing the works of your own father." "We are not illegitimate children," they protested. "The only Father we have is God himself."
41 You are doing the works your father did." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father--even God."
41 You persist in repeating the works of your father." They said, "We're not bastards. We have a legitimate father: the one and only God."
41 You do the deeds of your father." Then they said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father--God."
41 No, you are imitating your real father." They replied, "We aren't illegitimate children! God himself is our true Father."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 8:41
Commentary on John 8:41-47
(Read John 8:41-47)
Satan prompts men to excesses by which they murder themselves and others, while what he puts into the mind tends to ruin men's souls. He is the great promoter of falsehood of every kind. He is a liar, all his temptations are carried on by his calling evil good, and good evil, and promising freedom in sin. He is the author of all lies; whom liars resemble and obey, with whom all liars shall have their portion for ever. The special lusts of the devil are spiritual wickedness, the lusts of the mind, and corrupt reasonings, pride and envy, wrath and malice, enmity to good, and enticing others to evil. By the truth, here understand the revealed will of God as to the salvation of men by Jesus Christ, the truth Christ was now preaching, and which the Jews opposed.