41 "You are doing the deeds of your father ." They said to Him, "We were not born of fornication ; we have one Father : God ." 42 Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father , you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God , for I have not even come on My own initiative , but He sent Me. 43 "Why e do you not understand what I am saying ? It is because you cannot e hear My word . 44 " You are of your father the devil , and you want to do the desires of your father . He was a murderer from the beginning , and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie , he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on John 8:41-44
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.